,transcriber's ,note3 ,bold text is surrounded by equal signs and italic text is surrounded by underscores4 ,illustration3 ,at last there came a grave man to the gate1 whose name was ,goodwill4 7,page #ae7 7,the ,pilgrim's ,progress47 ,,bunyan',s ,,pilgrim',s ,,progress4 ,,in ,,words ,,of ,,one ,,syllable4 ,,by ,,samuel ,,phillips ,,day1 ,,author ,,of ,,the ,,rare ,,romance ,,of ,,reynard ,,the ,,fox1 ,,in ,,words ,,of ,,one ,,syllable4 ,,illustrated4 ,a4 ,l4 ,,burt ,,company1 ,,publishers1 ,,new ,,york4 ,,copyright1 #ahie1 ,,by ,,the ,,cassell ,,publishing ,,co4 ,all rights reserved4 ,contents ,i4 ,,the ,,den ,,and ,,the ,,dream #e ,,ii4 ,,the ,,slough ,,of ,,despond #h ,,iii4 ,,worldly-,,wiseman #aj ,,iv4 ,,the ,,wicket-,,gate #ae ,v4 ,,the ,,interpreter',s ,,house #ah ,,vi4 ,,the ,,cross ,,and ,,the ,,contrast #ai ,,vii4 ,,the ,,hill ,,difficulty #bh ,,viii4 ,,the ,,palace ,,beautiful #cj ,,ix4 ,,apollyon #ci ,x4 ,,the ,,valley ,,of ,,the ,,shadow ,,of ,,death #db ,,xi4 ,,christian ,,and ,,faithful #dd ,,xii4 ,,talkative #ej ,,xiii4 ,,vanity ,,fair #ef ,,xiv4 ,,christian ,,and ,,hopeful #fd ,,xv4 ,,doubting ,,castle ,,and ,,giant ,,despair #fi ,,xvi4 ,,the ,,delectable ,,mountains #gg ,,xvii4 ,,the ,,enchanted ,,ground ,,and ,,the ,,way ,,down ,,to ,,it #ha ,,xviii4 ,,the ,,land ,,of ,,beulah--,,the ,,fords ,,of ,,the ,,river--,,at ,,home #hg ,,the ,,pilgrim',s ,,progress4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,,the ,,den ,,and ,,the ,,dream4 ,,as ,i went through the wilds of this world1 ,i came to a place where was a den1 and ,i laid me down in that place to sleep2 and as ,i slept ,i dreamt a dream2 and lo1 ,i saw a man clad in rags1 with a book in his hand1 and a great load on his back6 ,i saw him read in the book1 and as he read1 he wept and shook4 ,in this plight1 then1 he went home1 and kept calm as long as he could1 that his wife and bairns should not see his grief2 but he could not long hold his speech1 for that his woe grew more hard to bear4 ,oh1 my dear wife1 said he1 and you1 the bairns of my heart1 ,i am quite lost1 for a load lies hard on me4 ,more than this1 ,i am told that this our town will be burnt with fire from the skies1 and you1 my sweet babes1 shall come to grief1 save some way can be found to get clear of harm4 ,at this his kin were in sore fear2 for that they had just cause to dread some dire ill had got hold of his head4 ,so1 when morn was come1 they would know how he did3 and he told them1 ,worse and worse4 ,he spoke to them once more1 but they gave no heed to his words4 ,hence he went to his room to pray for them1 and to ease his grief4 ,he would1 too1 take long walks in the fields1 and read and pray at times3 and thus for some days he spent his time4 ,now ,i saw on a time1 when he took a stray walk in the fields1 that he was bent on his book and in deep grief of mind2 and as he read he burst out1 ,what shall ,i do8 ,i saw1 too1 that his eyes went this way and that way1 as if he would run3 yet he could not tell which way to go4 ,i then saw a man whose name was ,evangelist come to him and ask1 ,why dost thou cry8 ,quoth he1 ,sir1 ,i see by the book in my hand that death is my doom1 and that ,i am then to meet my ,judge3 and ,i find that ,i do not will to do the first1 while ,i dread the last4 ,then said ,evangelist1 ,why not will to die1 since this life is full of ills8 ,the man said1 ,the cause is ,i fear that this load that is on my back will sink me more low than the grave1 and ,i shall go down to hell4 ,then said ,evangelist1 ,if this be thy state1 why dost thou stand still8 ,said he1 ,it is for that ,i know not where to go4 ,then he gave him a roll of smooth skin1 on which were writ the plain words1 ,flee from the wrath to come4 ,the man read it1 and said1 ,to what place must ,i flee8 ,then said ,evangelist1 ,do you see yon small gate8 ,the man said1 ,i think ,i do4 ,then said his guide1 ,go up at once to it2 at which1 when thou dost knock1 it shall be told thee what thou shalt do4 ,so ,i saw in my dream that the man did run4 ,now he had not run far from his own door1 but his wife and bairns saw it1 and in a loud voice they strove to get him to come back2 but the man put the tips of his thumbs in his ears and ran on4 ,his friends also came out1 and some bade him haste back4 ,of those who did so1 there were two that sought to fetch him back by force4 ,the name of the one was ,obstinate2 and the name of the next1 ,pliable4 ,now by this time the man was a good way off2 but they went in quest of him1 and in a short time came up with him4 ,then said he1 ,friends1 for what are ye come8 ,quoth they1 ,to urge you to go back with us3 but he said1 ,that can by no means be4 ,you dwell in the ,city of ,destruction3 and when you die there1 you will sink down to a place that burns with fire4 ,take heed1 good friends1 and go with me4 ,illustration3 ,,obstinate ,,goes ,,back ,,to ,,the ,,city ,,of ,,destruction4 ,what6 said ,obstinate1 and leave our friends and all that brings us joy and ease8 ,yes1 said ,christian 7for that was his name72 ,i seek a life that fades not4 ,read it so1 if you will1 in my book4 ,tush6 said ,obstinate1 ,i heed not your book3 will you go back with us or no8 ,no1 not ,i1 said ,christian4 ,obs4--,come then1 friend ,pliable1 let us go home4 ,then said ,pliable1 ,the things he looks for are of more worth than ours4 ,my heart urges me to go with him4 ,obs4--,what6 ,be led by me and go back4 ,chr4--,come with me1 friend ,pliable2 there are such things to be had which ,i spoke of1 and much more bliss4 ,if you heed not what ,i say1 read here in this book4 ,well1 friend ,obstinate1 said ,pliable1 ,i mean to go with this good man1 and to cast in my lot with him4 ,but1 my good mate1 do you know the way to this place8 ,chr4--,i am told by a man1 whose name is ,evangelist1 to speed me to a small gate that is in front of us1 where we shall be put in the right way4 ,and ,i will go back to my place1 said ,obstinate4 ,i will not make one of such flat fools4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,the ,,slough ,,of ,,despond4 ,,now ,christian and ,pliable spoke as they did walk on the plain2 and this was what they said3 ,chr4--,come1 friend ,pliable4 ,i am glad you have been led to go with me4 ,had but ,obstinate felt what ,i have felt1 he would not have set his back on us4 ,pli4--,and do you think that your book is true8 ,chr4--,yes3 there is a realm where we shall not taste of death1 that we may dwell in it for aye4 ,pli4--,this is right good2 and what else8 ,chr4--,there we shall not weep or grieve more2 for he that owns the place will wipe all tears from our eyes4 ,pli4--,to hear this doth fill one's heart with joy4 ,but are these things to form our bliss8 ,how shall we get to share in them8 ,chr4--,the ,lord hath set down that in this book1 the pith of which is1 if we in truth seek to have it1 he will1 of his free grace1 grant it to us4 ,pli4--,well1 my good friend1 glad am ,i to hear of these things4 ,come on1 let us mend our pace4 ,now ,i saw in my dream that just as they had put an end to this talk they drew up nigh to a deep slough that was in the midst of the plain2 and as they did not heed it1 both fell swap in the bog4 ,the name of the slough was ,despond4 ,then said ,pliable1 ,ah1 friend ,christian1 where are you now8 ,in sooth1 said ,christian1 ,i do not know4 ,at this ,pliable said in sharp tones1 ,is this the bliss you have told me all this while of8 ,if we have such ill speed as we first set out1 what may we not look for ere the time we get to the end of our road8 ,may ,i once get out with my life1 you shall hold the brave land for me4 ,and with that he gave a bold stride or two1 and got out of the mire on that side of the slough which was next his own house4 ,so off he went1 and ,christian saw him no more4 ,hence ,christian was left to sprawl in the ,slough of ,despond4 ,but ,i saw in my dream that a man came to him whose name was ,help1 and did ask him what he did there4 ,sir1 said ,christian1 ,i was bade go this way by a man known as ,evangelist1 who sent me in like way to yon gate1 that ,i might scape the wrath to come4 ,so he gave him his hand1 and drew him out1 and set him on sound ground1 and let him go on his way4 ,then ,i went to him that did pluck him out1 and said1 ,sir1 whence is it that this plat is not made whole1 that those who pass this way may run no risk8 ,and he said to me1 ,this slough is such a place that none can mend it4 ,it goes by the name of the ,slough of ,despond2 for still1 as he who sins is wrought up to a sense of his lost state1 there spring forth in his soul fears1 and doubts1 and dark thoughts that scare1 which all of them form in a heap and fix in this place2 and this is the cause why the road is so bad4 ,true1 there are1 by the help of him who frames the laws1 some stout and firm steps found through the midst of this slough2 these steps are all but hid1 or if they be seen1 men step on one side1 and then they get all grime with mire1 though the steps be there2 but the ground is good when they are once got in at the gate4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,worldly-,,wiseman4 ,,as ,christian took his lone walk he saw one cross the field to meet him1 and their hap was to meet just as they did cross the same way4 ,the man's name was ,mr4 ,worldly-wiseman4 ,hence ,mr4 ,worldly-wiseman thus held some talk with ,christian4 ,wor4--,how now1 good friend2 where dost thou go bent down with such a weight8 ,illustration3 ,,christian ,,and ,,worldly-,,wiseman ,chr4--,as big a load1 in sooth1 as ,i think a poor wight had in his life6 ,i am bound for yon small gate in front of me2 for there1 as ,i am told1 ,i shall be put in a way to be rid of my huge load4 ,wor4--,wilt thou give heed to me1 if ,i tell thee what course to take8 ,chr4--,if what you say be good1 ,i will2 for ,i stand in need of a wise guide4 ,wor4--,who bid thee go this way to be rid of thy load8 ,chr4--,a man that ,i thought was high and great2 his name1 as my mind serves me1 is ,evangelist4 ,wor4--,there is not a more rough way to be found in the world than is that he hath bade thee take2 and that thou shalt find if thou wilt be led by him4 ,hear me3 ,i have seen more years than thou4 ,thou art like to meet with1 on the way which thou dost go1 great griefs1 pain1 lack of food and clothes1 sword1 fierce beasts1 gloom1 and1 in a word1 death1 and what not6 ,and why should a man run such risks1 just on the word of a strange guide8 ,chr4--,why1 sir1 ,i think ,i care not what things ,i meet with in the way1 if so be ,i can get ease from my pack4 ,wor4--,but why wilt thou seek for ease this way1 as such dire ills go with it8 the more so1 hadst thou but borne with me1 ,i could aid thee to get what thou dost wish1 free from the risks that thou in this way wilt run4 ,chr4--,pray1 sir1 make known this boon to me4 ,wor4--,why1 in yon town 7the town is known as ,morality7 there dwells a squire whose name is ,legality1 a man of good name1 that has skill to help men off with such loads as thine from their backs4 ,to him1 as ,i said1 thou canst go and get help in a trice2 and if he should not be at home1 he hath a fair young son1 whose name is ,civility1 that can do it as well as his sage sire4 ,now was ,christian at a stand what to do2 but soon he thought1 ,if this be true which this squire hath said1 my best course is to be led by him2 and with that he thus spake more4 ,chr4--,sir1 which is the way to this good man's house8 ,wor4--,by that hill you must go1 and the first house you come at is his4 ,so ,christian went out of his way to go to ,mr4 ,legality's house for help4 ,but lo1 when he was got now hard by the hill1 that side of it that was next the path did hang so much1 that ,christian durst not move on1 lest the hill should fall on his head3 for which cause there he stood still1 and he wot not what to do4 ,but soon there came fierce flames of fire out of the hill1 each flash of which made ,christian dread he should be burnt4 ,and now he was wroth for the heed he gave to ,mr4 ,worldly-wiseman's words4 ,and with that he saw ,evangelist come forth to meet him2 and thus did he speak with ,christian3 ,what dost thou here8 said he4 ,at which words ,christian knew not what to say4 ,then said ,evangelist to him1 ,art not thou the man that ,i found in tears back of the walls of the ,city of ,destruction8 ,chr4--,yes1 dear sir1 ,i am the man4 ,i met with a squire1 so soon as ,i had got clear of the ,slough of ,despond1 who made me think that ,i might1 in the town which did face me1 find a man that could take off my load4 ,evan4--,what said that squire to you8 ,chr4--,he bid me with speed get rid of my load2 and said ,i1 ',i am hence bound for yon gate to gain more news how ,i may get to the place where my load may be cast off4' ,so he said that he would show me the best way3 'which way1' said he1 'will take you to a squire's house that hath skill to take off these loads4' ,so ,i put faith in him1 and set out of that way till ,i came to this1 if so be ,i might soon get ease from my load4 ,then said ,evangelist1 ,stand still a short time1 that ,i may show thee the words of ,god4 ,then ,christian fell down at his feet as dead1 and did cry1 ,woe is me1 for ,i am lost6 ,at the sight of which ,evangelist caught him by the right hand1 and said1 ,be not frail1 but have faith4 ,then ,evangelist went on1 and said1 ,give heed to the things that ,i shall tell thee of4 ,the man that met thee is one ,worldly-wiseman1 and he bears a fit name2 in part1 for that his creed is what the world holds2 and in part1 for that he loves such faith best1 for it saves him from the cross4 ,now1 there are three things in this man's words that thou must be sure and shun--his scheme to turn thee out of the way2 his wish to make the cross a shame to thee2 and his guile1 which did tempt thee to set thy feet in that way that leads to death4 ,and for this thou must bear in mind to whom he sent thee1 no less than his lack of skill to rid thee of thy load4 ,he to whom thou wast sent for ease1 by name ,legality1 has not the gift to set thee free from thy load4 ,no man1 as yet1 got rid of his load by him3 no1 nor till the end of time is like to be4 ',by the works of the law none can be made just1' for by the deeds of the law no man that lives can be rid of his load2 and as for his son1 ,civility1 though he wears soft looks1 he is but a knave1 and must fail to help thee4 ,trust me1 there is naught else in all this noise that thou hast heard of this spot but a scheme to lure thee of thy soul's bliss4 ,now ,christian felt sure fear of death1 and burst out in a shrill cry1 full of woe1 as he did curse the time in which he met with ,mr4 ,worldly-wiseman4 ,still did he say he was the chief of fools for the heed he gave to him4 ,this done1 he spoke to ,evangelist in words and sense thus3 ,chr4--,sir1 what think you8 ,is there hope8 ,may ,i now go back and go up to the small gate8 ,shall ,i not be sent back from thence in shame8 ,then said ,evangelist to him1 ,thy sin is most great1 for by it thou hast done two bad deeds3 thou hast left the way that is good to tread in wrong paths1 yet will the man at the gate let thee pass1 for he has good-will for men4 ,then did ,christian make up his mind to go back1 and ,evangelist1 when he did kiss his cheek1 gave him a smile1 and bid him ,god speed4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,the ,,wicket-,,gate4 ,,so ,christian went on with haste1 nor spake he to a man by the way2 nor if a man spoke to him1 would he deign him a word2 so in course of time ,christian got up to the gate4 ,now at the top of the gate there were writ these words3 ,knock1 and it shall ope to you4 ,hence he did knock more than once or twice4 ,at last there came a grave man to the gate1 whose name was ,goodwill1 who sought to know who was there8 and whence he came8 and what he would have8 ,chr4--,here is a poor vile wight2 ,i come from the ,city of ,destruction1 but am bound for ,mount ,zion1 that ,i may get safe from the wrath to come4 ,i would1 for this cause1 sir1 know if you will let me in4 ,i will1 with all my heart1 said he2 and with that he drew back the gate4 ,so when he was got in1 the man of the gate said to him1 ,who told him to come to that place8 ,chr4--,evangelist bid me come here and knock1 as ,i did2 and he said that you1 sir1 would tell me what ,i must do4 ,good4--,but how is it that no one came with you8 ,chr4--,for that none of those who dwelt near me saw their plight as ,i saw mine4 ,good4--,did one or more of them know that you meant to come here8 ,chr4--,yes2 my wife and bairns saw me at the first1 and did call to me to turn round4 ,good4--,but did none of them go in quest of you1 to urge you to go back8 ,chr4--,yes1 both ,obstinate and ,pliable2 but when they saw that they could not gain their end1 ,obstinate went back1 and did rail the while1 but ,pliable came with me a short way4 ,good4--,but why did he not come through8 ,chr4--,we1 in truth1 came on side by side till we came to the ,slough of ,despond1 in the which he fell souse4 ,but as he got out on that side next to his own house1 he told me ,i should hold the brave land for him4 ,so he went his way1 and ,i came mine4 ,then said ,goodwill1 ,ah1 poor man6 ,in sooth1 said ,christian1 ,i have said the truth of ,pliable2 but ,i1 too1 did turn on one side to go in the way of death1 and ,i was led to this by the base arts of one ,mr4 ,worldly-wiseman4 ,illustration3 ,,christian ,,at ,,the ,,wicket-,,gate4 ,good4--,oh1 did he light on you8 ,what6 he would have had you seek for ease at the hands of ,mr4 ,legality3 they are both of them true cheats4 ,but were you led by him8 ,chr4--,yes1 as far as ,i durst4 ,i went to find out ,mr4 ,legality1 till ,i thought the mount that stands by his house would have come down on my head4 ,good4--,that mount has been the death of a host1 and will be the death of still more4 ,chr4--,why1 in truth1 ,i do not know what hap had come to me there1 had not ,evangelist by good luck met me once more1 while ,i did muse in the midst of my dumps3 but it was ,god's grace that he came to me twice1 for else ,i could not have got to this place4 ,good4--,we shut out none1 and take no note of what they have done up to the time they come here3 'they in no wise are cast out'3 and hence1 good ,christian1 come a wee way with me1 and ,i will teach thee in what way thou must go4 ,look right in front of thee2 dost thou see this strait way8 ,that is the way thou must go4 ,but1 said ,christian1 are there no turns or bends by which one who has not trod it may lose his way8 ,good4--,yes1 there are some ways butt down on this2 and they are bent and wide3 but thus thou canst judge the right from the wrong1 that the first is straight and not broad4 ,then ,christian strove to gird up his loins1 and to set out on his way4 ,so he with whom he had held speech told him1 ,that by that he had gone some way from the gate he would come at the house of the ,interpreter1 at whose door he should knock1 and he would show him good things4 ,,chapter ,v4 ,,the ,,interpreter',s ,,house4 ,,then he went on till he came to the house of the ,interpreter1 at which he gave some smart knocks4 ,at last one came to the door1 and did ask who was there8 ,sir1 said ,christian1 ,i am a man that am come from the ,city of ,destruction1 and am bound for the ,mount ,zion2 and ,i was told by the man that stands at the gate at the head of this way1 that if ,i came here you would show me good things1 such as would be a help to one on the road4 ,then said the ,interpreter1 ,come in2 ,i will show thee that which will be of use to thee4 ,so he told his man to light the lamp1 and bid ,christian go in his track4 ,then he had him in a room where none else could come1 and bid his man fold back the door1 the which when he had done ,christian saw the print of one1 most grave of look1 hung up on the wall1 and this was the style of it3 ,it had eyes that did stare at the sky1 the best of books in its hand1 and the law of truth was writ on its lips2 the world was at its back1 it stood as if it did plead with men1 and a crown of gold did hang nigh its head4 ,then said ,christian1 ,what means this8 ,inter4--,i have shown thee this print first for this cause1 that the man whose print this is1 is the sole man whom the ,lord of the place where thou dost go hath sent as thy guide through all the twists and turns thou wilt meet with in the way2 hence take good heed to what ,i have shown thee1 and bear well in thy mind what thou hast seen1 lest1 in thy route1 thou meet with some that say they can lead thee right2 but their way goes down to death4 ,then he took him by the hand1 and led him to a large room on the ground floor that was full of dust2 the which the ,interpreter did call for a man to sweep4 ,then said the ,interpreter to a girl that stood by1 ,bring hence from yon brook the means to lay this dust4 ,then said ,christian1 ,what means this8 ,the ,interpreter thus spoke3 ,this room on the ground floor is the heart of man that has not been made pure by the sweet grace of ,christ's ,word4 ,the dust is the sin that cleaves to him through the ,fall1 and the lust that hath made foul the whole man4 ,he who at first swept is the ,law2 but she that brought the means to lay the dust is the ,gospel4 ,i saw too1 in my dream1 that the ,interpreter took him by the hand1 and had him in a small room1 where sat two youths1 each one in his chair4 ,the name of the most grown was ,passion1 and of the next1 ,patience3 ,passion did not seem at rest1 but ,patience was quite still4 ,then ,i saw that one came to ,passion and brought him a bag of rich gifts1 and did pour it down at his feet2 the which he took up and felt joy in it1 while at ,patience he gave a laugh of scorn4 ,but ,i saw but a time1 and he had got rid of all1 and had naught left but rags4 ,then said ,christian to the ,interpreter1 ,i would have you make this thing more clear to me4 ,so he said1 ,these two lads are signs3 ,passion of the men of this world1 and ,patience of the men of that which is to come2 for1 as here thou dost see1 ,passion will have all now1 this year1 that is to say in this world1 so are the men of this world2 they must have all their good things now2 they durst not stay till next year1 that is till the next world1 for their share of good4 ,then said ,christian1 ,now ,i see that ,patience has the best sense1 and that on more grounds than one2 for that he stays for the best things1 and in like way for that he will have the gain of his when ,passion has naught but rags4 ,illustration3 ,,interpreter ,,shows ,,christian ,,the ,,room ,,full ,,of ,,dust ,inter4--,nay1 you may add one more1 to wit1 the joys of the next world will not wear out1 but these are soon gone4 ,i saw1 in like way1 that the ,interpreter took him once more by the hand1 and led him to a choice place1 where was built a great house1 fine to look at2 at the sight of which ,christian felt much joy2 he saw1 too1 on the top of it some folk that did walk to and fro1 who were clad all in gold4 ,then the ,interpreter took him1 and led him up nigh to the door of the great house2 and lo1 at the door stood a host of men as did wish to go in1 but durst not4 ,there1 too1 sat a man a short way from the door1 at the side of a board1 with a book and his desk in front of him1 to take the name of him that should come in4 ,more than this1 he saw that in the porch stood groups of men1 clad in coats of mail1 to keep it1 who meant to do all the hurt and harm they could to the man that would go in4 ,now was ,christian in a sore maze4 ,at last1 when all the men did start back for fear of the men who bore arms1 ,christian saw a man of a bold face come up to the man that sat there to write1 and say1 ,set down my name1 sir2 the which when he had done1 he saw the man draw his sword1 and put a casque on his head1 and rush to the door on the men who had arms1 who laid on him with fierce force2 but the man1 not at all put out of the way1 fell to1 and did cut and hack with all his might3 so1 when he had got and dealt scores of wounds to those that strove to keep him out1 he cut his way through them all1 and made straight for the great house4 ,now1 said ,christian1 let me go hence4 ,nay1 stay1 said the ,interpreter1 till ,i have shown thee some more2 and then thou shalt go on thy way4 ,illustration3 ,just as ,christian came up with the cross1 his load got loose from his neck1 and fell from off his back4 7,page #be7 7,the ,pilgrim's ,progress47 ,so he took him by the hand once more1 and led him to a room dark as pitch1 where there sat a man in a steel cage4 ,now the man to look on was most sad2 and he gave sighs as if he would break his heart4 ,the man said1 ,i once did seem to be what ,i was not fair in mine own eyes1 and in the eyes of those that knew me4 ,i was once1 as ,i thought1 fair for the ,celestial ,city1 and went so far as to have joy at the thoughts that ,i should get there4 ,chr4--,well1 but what art thou now8 ,man4--,i am now a man lost to hope4 ,chr4--,but how didst thou get in this state8 ,man4--,i did sin in face of the light of the ,world1 and the grace of ,god4 ,i made the ,spirit grieve1 and he is gone4 ,then said ,christian1 ,is there no hope1 but you must be kept in the steel cage of gloom8 ,man4--,none at all4 ,chr4--,but canst thou not now grieve and turn8 ,man4--,god hath not let me2 his ,word gives me no aid to faith2 yea1 he hath shut me up in this steel cage2 nor can all the men in the world let me out4 ,then said the ,interpreter to ,christian1 ,let this man's wails be dwelt on by thee1 and cease not to teach thee how to act4 ,so he took ,christian and led him to a room where one did rise out of bed2 and as he put on his clothes he did shake and quake4 ,then said ,christian1 ,why doth this man thus shake8 ,so he spoke and said1 ,this night as ,i was in my sleep ,i dreamt1 and lo1 the sky grew black as ink1 when flame flit from the clouds2 on which ,i heard a dread noise1 that put me in throes of pain4 ,so ,i did lift up my eyes in my dream1 and saw a man sit on a cloud1 with a huge host near to him4 ,i heard1 then1 a voice that said1 ',come forth1 ye dead1 and meet your ,judge6' ,and with that the rocks rent1 the graves did gape1 and the dead that were in them came forth4 ,then ,i saw the man that sat on the cloud fold back the book and bid the world draw near4 ,i heard it1 in like way1 told to them that were near the man that sat on the cloud1 ',bind up the tares1 and the chaff1 and the stalks1 and cast them in the lake that burns with fire4' ,then said the voice to the same men1 ',put up my wheat in the barn6' and with that ,i saw a host caught up in the clouds1 but ,i was left stay4 ,chr4--,but what was it that made you so quake at this sight8 ,man4--,why1 ,i thought that the day of doom had come1 and that ,i was not fit to meet it4 ,but this made me fear most1 that some were caught up while ,i was left4 ,then said the ,interpreter to ,christian1 ,hast thou thought well on all these things8 ,chr4--,yes2 and they put me in hope and fear4 ,inter4--,well1 keep all things so in thy mind that they may be as a goad in thy sides1 to prick thee on in the way thou must go4 ,then ,christian girt up his loins1 and thought but of the long road he had to tread4 ,illustration3 ,so ,i saw that just as ,christian came up to the cross1 his load got loose from his neck1 and fell from off his back4--,page #be4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,the ,,cross ,,and ,,the ,,contrast4 ,,now ,i saw in my dream that the high road had on each side a wall for a fence1 and that wall went by the name of ,salvation4 ,up this way1 then1 did ,christian run with his load1 till he came to a place where was a high slope1 and on that place stood a cross1 and a short way from it in the vale1 a tomb4 ,so ,i saw in my dream that just as ,christian came up with the cross1 his load got loose from his neck1 and fell from off his back1 and did roll till it came to the mouth of the grave1 where it fell in1 and ,i saw it no more4 ,then was ,christian full glad1 and said1 with a gay heart1 ,he hath brought me rest by his grief1 and life by his death4 ,then he stood still for a short time to look with awe1 for it was a strange thing to him that the sight of the cross should thus ease him of his load4 ,i saw then in my dream that he went on thus till he came to a vale1 where he saw three men in deep sleep1 with gyves on their heels4 ,the name of the one was ,simple2 the next1 ,sloth2 and the third1 ,presumption4 ,christian went to them1 if so be he might rouse them2 so he said in a loud voice1 ,you are like them that sleep on the top of a mast1 for the ,dead ,sea is low down at your feet1 a gulf that no plumb line can sound2 get up1 hence and come on4 ,with this they gave a glum look at him1 and spoke in this sort3 ,simple said1 ,i see no cause for fear2 ,sloth said1 ,yet some more sleep2 and ,presumption said1 ,each tub must stand on its own end4 ,and so they lay down to sleep once more1 and ,christian went on his way4 ,illustration3 ,,formalist ,,and ,,hypocrisy ,,coming ,,into ,,the ,,way ,,over ,,the ,,wall4 ,yet felt he grief to think that men in that sad plight should so spurn the kind act of him that of his own free will sought to help them4 ,and as he did grieve from this cause1 he saw two men roll off a wall1 on the left hand of the strait way4 ,the name of the one was ,formalist1 and the name of the next ,hypocrisy4 ,so they drew up nigh him1 who thus held speech with them3 ,chr4--,sirs1 whence came you1 and where do you go8 ,form4 and ,hyp4--,we were born in the land of ,vainglory1 and are bent for praise to ,mount ,zion4 ,chr4--,why came you not in at the gate which stands at the head of the way8 ,they said1 ,that to go to the gate to get in was by all their horde thought too far round4 ,chr4--,but will it not be thought a wrong done to the ,lord of the town where we are bound1 thus to break his law which he hath made known to us8 ,they told him1 ,that this act of theirs1 as it stood for so long a time1 would no doubt be thought good in law by a just judge2 and more than this1 said they1 if we get in the way1 what boots it which way we get in8 ,if we are in1 we are in4 ,thou art but in the way1 who1 as we see1 came in at the gate2 and we too are in the way1 that fell from the top of the wall4 ,in what1 now1 is thy state a whit more good than ours8 ,chr4--,i walk by the rule of my ,lord2 you walk by the rude quirks of your vague whims4 ,at this time you count but as thieves in the sight of the ,lord of the way hence ,i doubt you will not be found true men at the end of the way4 ,by laws and rules you will not get safe1 since you came not in by the door4 ,i have1 too1 a mark on my brow1 which you may not have seen1 which one of my ,lord's most stanch friends put there1 in the day that my load fell from off my back4 ,more than this1 ,i will tell you that ,i then got a roll with a seal on it1 to cheer me while ,i read it1 as ,i go on the way3 ,i was told to give it in at the ,celestial ,gate1 as a sure sign that ,i1 too1 should go in at the right time3 all which things ,i doubt you want1 and want them for that you came not in at the gate4 ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,the ,,hill ,,difficulty4 ,i ,,saw then that they all went on till they came to the foot of the ,hill ,difficulty1 at the end of which was a spring4 ,there were in the same place two ways more than that which came straight from the gate3 one bent to the left hand1 and the next to the right1 at the base of the hill2 but the strait way lay right up the hill2 and the name of that path up the side of the hill is known as ,difficulty4 ,christian now went to the spring and drank of it to cool his blood and quench his thirst1 and then he set forth to go up the hill4 ,the two with whom he had held speech in like way came to the foot of the hill2 but when they saw that the hill was steep and high1 and that there were two more ways to go1 and as they thought that these two ways might meet in the long run with that up which ,christian went1 on the rear side of the hill1--hence they made up their minds to go in those ways4 ,now the name of one of those ways was ,danger1 and the name of the next ,destruction4 ,so the one took the way which is known as ,danger1 which led him to a great wood2 and he who was with him took straight up the way to ,destruction1 which led to a wide field full of dark cliffs1 where he made a slip1 and fell1 and rose no more4 ,i then cast my eyes on ,christian1 and ,i saw that from a run he came to a walk1 and at last had to climb on his hands and his knees1 so steep was the place4 ,illustration3 ,timorous was afraid of wild beasts and ran down the hill4--,page #bi4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,now half the way to the top of the hill was a nook made of trees1 fair to look on1 made by the ,lord of the hill for the good of such as trod that place4 ,there1 then1 ,christian got2 there1 too1 he sat down to rest him4 ,thus sought he cheer a while1 when he fell to doze1 and then went off in a fast sleep4 ,now as he slept there came one to him1 who woke him and said1 ,go to the ant1 thou man of sloth2 think of her ways1 and be wise4 ,and with that ,christian did start up1 and went on till he came to the top of the hill4 ,now when he was got up to the top of the hill1 there came two men who ran right up to him so as to push him4 ,the name of the one was ,timorous1 and of the next ,mistrust2 to whom ,christian said1 ,sirs1 what doth ail you8 ,you run the wrong way4 ,timorous said that they were bound to the ,city of ,zion1 and had got up to that hard place2 but1 said he1 the more we go on the more risks we meet with2 hence did we turn1 and mean not to go back4 ,yes1 said ,mistrust1 for just in front of us lie a brace of wild beasts in the way--that they sleep or wake we know not--and we could not think if we came in their reach but they would at once pull us in bits4 ,then ,mistrust and ,timorous ran down the hill1 and ,christian went on his way4 ,but as he dwelt on what he heard from the men1 the sun went down2 and this made him once more think how vain it was for him to have sunk to sleep4 ,now1 he brought to mind the tale that ,mistrust and ,timorous had told him of how they took fright at the sight of the wild beasts4 ,then did ,christian muse thus3 ,these beasts range in the night for their prey2 and if they should meet with me in the dark1 how should ,i shift them8 how should ,i get free from their fangs8 they would tear me to bits4 ,thus he went on his way4 ,but1 while he did mourn his dire hap1 he lift up his eyes1 and lo1 there was a grand house in front of him1 the name of which was ,beautiful1 and it stood just on the side of the high road4 ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,the ,,palace ,,beautiful4 ,,so ,i saw in my dream that he made haste and went forth1 that1 if so be1 he might get a place to lodge there4 ,now ere he had gone far1 he saw two wild beasts in the way4 7,the beasts were made fast1 but he saw not the chains47 ,then he took fright1 and thought to go back2 for he thought death of a truth did face him4 ,but when the man at the lodge1 whose name is ,watchful1 saw that ,christian made a halt1 he did cry to him and say1 ,is thy strength so small8 ,fear not the wild beasts1 for they are in chains1 and are put there for test of faith where it is1 and to make known those that have none3 keep in the midst of the path1 and no hurt shall come to thee4 ,then did he clap his hands1 and went on till he came and stood in front of the gate where the ,porter was4 ,then said ,christian to the ,porter1 ,sir1 what house is this8 and may ,i lodge here this night8 ,the ,porter said1 ,this house was built by the ,lord of the hill1 and he built it to aid and guard such as speed this way4 ,the ,porter1 in like way1 sought to know whence he was2 and to what place he was bound8 ,illustration3 ,this is ,mistrust1 whom ,christian met going the wrong way4--,page #bi4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,chr4--,i am come from the ,city of ,destruction2 and am on my way to ,mount ,zion2 but as the sun is now set1 ,i wish1 if ,i may1 to lodge here this night4 ,por4--,but how doth it hap that you come so late8 ,the sun is set4 ,chr4--,i had been here ere this1 but that1 mean man that ,i am1 ,i slept in the nook that stands on the side of the hill4 ,por4--,well1 ,i will call out one of the maids of this place1 who will1 if she likes your talk1 bring you in to the rest of the folk1 as such are the rules of the house4 ,so ,watchful rang a bell1 at the sound of which came out at the door of the house a grave and fair maid1 whose name was ,discretion1 who would know why she had got a call4 ,the ,porter said1 ,this man is in the way from the ,city of ,destruction to ,mount ,zion1 but as he doth tire1 and as night came on1 he sought to know if he might lodge here for the night3 so ,i told him ,i would call for thee1 who1 when thou dost speak with him1 may do as seems to thee good1 and act up to the law of the house4 ,then she would know whence he was1 and to what place he was bound1 and his name4 ,so he said1 ,it is ,christian4 ,so a smile sat on her lips1 but the tears stood in her eyes2 and1 when she gave a short pause1 she said1 ,i will call forth two or three more of those who dwell here4 ,so she ran to the door1 and did call out ,prudence1 ,piety1 and ,charity2 and when she had held more speech with him1 he was brought in1 and made known to all who dwelt in the house1 some of whom met him at the porch1 and said1 ,come in1 thou whom the ,lord doth bless2 this house was built by the ,lord of the hill1 to give good cheer to such who1 like you1 grow faint by the way4 ,then he bent his head1 and went in with them to the house4 ,so when he was come in and set down1 they gave him to drink1 and then they thought that till the last meal was brought up1 some of them should have some wise talk with ,christian1 so as to make good use of time4 ,illustration3 ,,christian ,,is ,,questioned ,,by ,,discretion4 ,pi4--,come1 good ,christian1 since we have shown such love for you as to make you our guest this night1 let us1 if so be we may each get good by it1 talk with you of all things that you have met with on your way4 ,illustration3 ,this is ,formalist1 whom ,christian saw roll from the top of a wall1 as if to go to ,zion4--,page #cc4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,chr4--,with a right good will2 and ,i am glad your mind is so well bent4 ,pi4--,how was it that you came out of your land in this way8 ,chr4--,it was as ,god would have it2 for when ,i was full of the fears of doom1 ,i did not know where to go2 but by chance there came a man then to me1 whilst ,i shook and wept1 whose name is ,evangelist1 and he told me how to reach the small gate1 which else ,i should not have found1 and so set me in the way that hath led me straight to this house4 ,pi4--,but did you not come by the house of the ,interpreter8 ,chr4--,yes1 and did see such things there1 the thoughts of which will stick by me as long as ,i live2 in chief1 three things2 to wit1 how ,christ1 in spite of the ,foe of ,man1 keeps up his work of grace in the heart2 how the man1 through sin1 had got quite out of hopes of ,god's ruth2 and1 in like way1 the dream of him that thought in his sleep the day of doom was come4 ,pi4--,and what saw you else in the way8 ,chr4--,saw6 ,why1 ,i went but a wee way and ,i saw ,one1 as ,i thought in my mind1 hang and bleed on a tree2 and the sheer sight of him made my load fall off my back2 for ,i did groan through the great weight1 but then it fell down from off me4 ,pi4--,but you saw more than this1 did you not8 ,chr4--,the things that ,i have told you were the best2 yet some more things ,i saw1 as1 first of all1 ,i saw three men1 ,simple1 ,sloth1 and ,presumption1 lie in sleep1 not far out of the way as ,i came1 with gyves on their heels2 but do you think ,i could rouse them8 ,i saw1 in like way1 ,formalist and ,hypocrisy come and roll from the top of a wall1 to go1 as they fain would have me think1 to ,zion2 but they were lost in a trice1 just as ,i did tell them2 but they would not heed my words4 ,pr4--,do you think at times of the land from whence you came8 ,chr4--,yes1 but with much shame and hate4 ,pr4--,do you not yet bear hence with you some of the things that you well knew there8 ,chr4--,yes1 but much in strife with my will2 the more so the crass thoughts of my heart1 with which all the folk of my land1 as well as ,i1 would find joy2 but now all those things are my grief1 and might ,i but choose mine own things1 ,i would choose not to think of those things more2 but when ,i would do that which is best1 that which is worst is with me4 ,pr4--,and what is it that makes you so long to go to ,mount ,zion8 ,chr4--,why1 there ,i hope to see ,him live that did hang dead on the cross2 and there ,i hope to be rid of all those things that to this day are in me and do vex me3 there they say there is no death2 and there ,i shall dwell with such folk as ,i like best4 ,then said ,charity to ,christian1 ,have you bairns1 and have you a wife8 ,chr4--,i have a wife and four small bairns4 ,char4--,and why did you not bring them on with you8 ,then ,christian wept and said1 ,oh1 fain would ,i have done it6 but they were all of them loath to let me leave them4 ,char4--,but you should have sought to show them the risks they ran when they held back4 ,illustration3 ,hypocrisy would fain have ,christian think he was on the way to ,zion4--,page #cd4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,chr4--,so ,i did2 and told them1 too1 that ,god had shown to me how that our town would come to wrack2 but they thought ,i did but mock1 and they put no faith in what ,i said4 ,char4--,but what could they say to show cause why they came not8 ,illustration3 ,,christian ,,tells ,,charity ,,and ,,her ,,sisters ,,about ,,his ,,family4 ,chr4--,why1 my wife was loath to lose this world2 and my bairns were bent on the rash joys of youth2 so1 what by this thing1 and what by that thing1 they left me to roam in this lone way4 ,char4--,but did you not with your vain life damp all that you by words made use of as force to bring them off with you8 ,chr4--,in sooth1 ,i must not say aught for my life1 as ,i know full well what blurs there are in it4 ,i know1 too1 that a man by his deeds may soon set at naught what by sound speech and wit of words he doth strive to fix on some for their good4 ,yet this ,i can say1 ,i took heed not to give them cause1 by a false act1 to shirk the step ,i took1 and not set out with me4 ,yea1 for this sole thing they would tell me ,i was too nice2 and that ,i would not touch of things in which they saw no guile4 ,char4--,in truth1 ,cain did hate him who came of the same blood1 for that his works were bad1 and ,abel's not so2 and if thy wife and bairns have thought ill of thee for this1 they show by it that they are foes to good2 and thou hast set free thy soul from their blood4 ,now ,i saw in my dream that thus they sat and spoke each to each till the meal was laid on the board2 and all their talk while they ate was of the ,lord of the hill2 as1 in sooth1 of what he had done1 and why it was he did what he did1 and why he had built that house4 ,they1 in like way1 gave prompt proof of what they said1 and that was1 he had stript him of his rich robes1 that he might do this for the poor2 and that they heard him say1 with stern stress1 that he would not dwell in the ,mount of ,zion in a lone way4 ,they said1 too1 that he made a host of poor ones kings1 though by the law of their birth they were born to live on bare alms1 and their first state had been low and bad4 ,thus they spoke1 this one to that one1 till late at night2 and when they had put them in the ,lord's care they went to rest4 ,illustration3 ,then he set forth3 but ,discretion1 ,piety1 ,charity1 and ,prudence would go with him down to the foot of the hill4 7,page #ch7 7,the ,pilgrim's ,progress47 ,the next day they took him and had him in the place in which arms were kept1 where he was shown all sorts of things which their ,lord had put there for such as he1 as sword1 shield1 casque1 plate for breast1 ,all-prayer1 and shoes that would not wear out4 ,and there was here as much of this as would fit out a host of men to serve the ,lord4 ,in like way did they show him some of the means with which some of his friends had done things that strike one with awe4 ,he was shown the jaw-bone of the ass with which ,samson did such great feats4 ,more than this1 he was shown the sling and stone with which ,david slew ,goliath of ,gath4 ,but more things still were shown to him1 in all of which ,christian felt much joy4 ,this done1 they went to their rest once more4 ,then ,i saw in my dream that on the morn he got up to go forth1 but they fain would have him stay till the next day2 and then1 said they1 we will1 if the day be clear1 show you the ,delectable ,mountains1 which1 they said1 would yet the more add to his bliss1 for that they were yet more nigh the port than the place where at that time he was4 ,so he thought it well to stay4 ,when the morn was up1 they had him to the top of the house1 and bid him look south2 so he did1 and lo1 a long way off1 he saw a fair land1 full of high hills1 clad with woods1 vine grounds1 fruits of all sorts1 plants as well1 with springs and founts1 most bright to look on4 ,they said it was ,immanuel's ,land2 and it is as free1 said they1 as this hill is to and for all that are in the way4 ,and when thou dost come there from thence1 said they1 thou canst see to the gate of the ,celestial ,city1 as those who watch their flocks and live there will show thee4 ,now he thought it was due time to set forth1 and they were glad that he should4 ,but first1 said they1 let us go once more to where the arms are kept4 ,so they did4 ,and when he came there they clad him in coat of mail1 which was of proof1 from head to foot1 lest he should chance meet with foes in the way4 ,he then1 in this gear1 came out with his friends to the gate1 and there he would know of the ,porter if he saw one pass by8 ,then the ,porter said ,yes4 ,chr4--,pray did you know him8 ,por4--,i did ask his name1 and he told me it was ,faithful4 ,oh1 said ,christian1 ,i know him3 he is from the same town1 and lives nigh to where ,i dwell3 he comes from the place where ,i was born4 ,how far do you think he may be on the road8 ,por4--,he has got by this time more than to the foot of the hill4 ,then he set forth3 but ,discretion1 ,piety1 ,charity1 and ,prudence would go with him down to the foot of the hill4 ,then said ,christian1 ,as it was hard to come up1 so1 so far as ,i can see1 it is a risk to go down4 ,yes1 said ,prudence1 so it is2 for it is a hard thing for a man to go down in the ,vale of ,humiliation1 as thou art now1 and to catch no slip by the way2 hence1 said they1 we are come out to see thee safe down the hill4 ,so he strove to go down1 but with great heed2 yet he caught a slip or two4 ,then ,i saw in my dream that these good friends1 when ,christian was gone down to the foot of the hill1 gave him a loaf of bread1 a flask of wine1 and a bunch of dry grapes2 and then he went on his way4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,apollyon4 ,,but now1 in this ,vale of ,humiliation1 poor ,christian was hard put to it2 for he had gone but a short way1 when he saw a foul fiend come through the field to meet him3 his name is ,apollyon4 ,so he went on1 and ,apollyon met him4 ,now the ghoul did shock one's eyes to look on3 he was clad with scales like a fish2 he had wings like a huge bat1 feet like a bear1 and out of his throat came fire and smoke1 and his mouth was as the mouth of the king of beasts4 ,when he came up to ,christian he gave him a look of scorn1 and thus sought to sift him4 ,apol4--,whence came you8 and to what place are you bound8 ,chr4--,i am come from the ,city of ,destruction1 which is the place of all ill1 and am on my way to ,mount ,zion4 ,apol4--,by this ,i know thou art one of my serfs2 for all that land is mine2 and ,i am the prince and god of it4 ,how is it1 then1 that thou hast run off from thy king8 ,were it not that ,i hope thou wilt serve me yet more1 ,i would strike thee now at one blow to the ground4 ,chr4--,i was born1 in sooth1 in your realm1 but to serve thee was hard1 and your pay such as a man could not live on2 'for the meed of sin is death'3 for this cause1 when ,i was come to years1 ,i did1 as some who think do1 look out if so be ,i might mend my state4 ,i have let my help to some one else2 and to no less than the ,king of ,kings4 ,apol4--,think yet1 while thou art in cool blood1 what thou art like to meet with in the way that thou dost go4 ,thou art not blind that for the most part those who serve him come to an ill end1 for that they spurn my laws and walk not in my paths4 ,what a host of them have been put to deaths of shame6 ,and still thou dost count that to serve him is best2 when1 in sooth1 he has not yet come from the place where he is1 to save one that stood by his cause1 out of my hands4 ,chr4--,he does not seek so soon to save them1 so as to try their love1 and find if they will cleave to him to the end2 and as for the ill end thou dost say they come to1 that tells for their good3 for to be set free now they do not much look for it2 for they stay for their meed2 and they shall have it when their ,prince comes in the might of the bright hosts that wait on him4 ,apol4--,thou hast erst been false in thy turns to serve him2 and how dost thou think to get pay of him8 ,chr4--,all this is true2 but the ,prince whom ,i serve and love is sure to show ruth4 ,but1 let me say1 these faults held hold of me in thy land2 for there ,i did suck them in1 and they have made me groan and grieve for them2 whence ,i have got the grace of my ,prince4 ,then ,apollyon broke out in a sore rage1 and said1 ,i am a foe to this ,prince3 ,i hate him1 his laws1 and they who serve him4 ,i am come out with the view to make thee yield4 ,chr4--,apollyon1 take heed what you do2 for ,i am on the ,king's high road1 the way of grace2 for which cause mind how you act4 ,then did ,christian draw2 for he saw it was time for him to stir2 and ,apollyon as fast made at him1 and threw darts as thick as hail1 by the which1 in spite of all that ,christian could do to shift it1 ,apollyon hit him in his head1 his hand1 and foot4 ,this made ,christian give some back3 ,apollyon then went to his work with heart1 and ,christian once more took heart1 and met his foe as well as he could4 ,then ,apollyon1 as he saw his time had come1 made up close to ,christian1 and as he strove to throw him gave him a dread fall2 and with that ,christian's sword flew out of his hand4 ,then said ,apollyon1 ,i am sure of thee now6 and with that he did nigh press him to death2 so that ,christian had slight hope of life4 ,but1 as ,god would have it1 while ,apollyon dealt his last blow1 by that means to make a full end of this good man1 ,christian at once put out his hand for his sword1 caught it1 and said1 ,when ,i fall1 ,i shall then rise2 and with that gave him a fierce thrust1 which made him give back as one that had got his death wound4 ,christian saw that1 and made at him once more1 while he said1 ,nay1 in all these things we more than gain the prize through him that loves us2 and with that ,apollyon spread forth his foul wings and sped him off1 that ,christian saw no more of him4 ,so when the fight came to a close1 ,christian said1 ,i will here give thanks to him that hath kept me out of the mouth of the chief of beasts1 to him that did help me in the strife with ,apollyon4 ,then there came to him a hand with some of the leaves of the tree of life1 the which ,christian took and laid them on the wounds that he had got in the strife1 and was made whole at once4 ,,chapter ,x4 ,,the ,,valley ,,of ,,the ,,shadow ,,of ,,death4 ,,now at the end of this vale was one more1 known as the ,vale of the ,shade of ,death1 and ,christian must needs go through it1 for this cause1 that the way to the ,celestial ,city lay through the midst of it4 ,i saw then in my dream1 so far as the bounds of the vale1 there was on the right hand a most deep ditch2 that ditch is it to which the blind have led the blind in each age1 and have both there lost their lives4 ,once more1 lo1 on the left hand there was a fell quag1 in the which1 strange to say1 if a good man falls he finds no ground for his foot to stand on4 ,the path was here quite strait1 and hence good ,christian was the more put to it2 for when he sought in the dark to shun the ditch on the one hand1 he was prone to tip on one side souse in the mire on the next4 ,nigh the midst of the vale ,i saw the mouth of hell to be1 and it stood1 too1 hard by the side of the way4 ,and at times the flame and smoke would come out so thick and with such force1 that he had to put up his sword and seize more fit arms1 known as ,all-prayer2 so ,i heard him cry1 ,o ,lord1 ,i pray thee save my soul6 ,thus he went on a great while2 and as he came to a place where he thought he heard a band of fiends come forth to meet him1 he stopt1 and did muse what he had best to do4 ,he brought to mind how he had of late held his foes at bay1 and that the risk to go back might be much more than to go on4 ,so he made up his mind to go on3 yet the fiends did seem to come near and more near4 ,but when they were come just at him he did cry with a loud voice1 ,i will walk in the strength of the ,lord ,god3 so they gave back1 and came on no more4 ,when ,christian had trod on in this lorn state some length of time1 he thought he heard the voice of a man1 as if in front of him1 say thus3 ,though ,i walk through the vale of the shade of death ,i will fear no ill3 for ,thou art with me4 ,then was he glad for that he learnt from thence that some who fear ,god were in this vale as well as he2 that ,god was with them1 though in that dark and dire state4 ,so he went on4 ,and by and by the day broke4 ,then said ,christian1 ,he doth turn the shade of death to morn4 ,now as morn had come1 he gave a look back to see by the light of the day what risks he had gone through in the dark4 ,so he had a more clear view of the ditch that was on the one hand1 and the quag that was on the next2 in like way he saw how strait the way was which lay twixt them both4 ,and just at this time the sun rose2 and this was one more boon to ,christian3 for1 from the place where he now stood as far as to the end of the vale1 the way was all through set so full of snares1 traps1 gins1 and nets1 here2 and so full of pits1 falls1 deep holes1 and slopes1 down there2 that had it now been dark1 as it was when he came the first part of the way1 had he had five times ten score souls1 they had for this cause been cast off4 ,but1 as ,i said just now1 the sun did rise4 ,in this light hence he came to the end of the vale4 ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,,christian ,,and ,,faithful4 ,,now as ,christian went on his way he came to a small height1 which was cast up so that those who came that way might see in front of them4 ,up there1 then1 ,christian went3 and1 with a glance1 saw ,faithful some way on the road4 ,at this ,christian set out with all his strength1 and soon got up with ,faithful1 and did1 in sooth1 leave him lag1 so that the last was first4 ,then did ,christian wear a proud smile1 for that he had got the start of his friend3 but as he did not take good heed to his feet1 he soon struck some tuft and fell1 and could not rise till ,faithful came up to help him4 ,then ,i saw in my dream1 they went on with good will side by side1 and had sweet talk of all things that they had met with on their way3 and thus ,christian first spoke3 ,my most dear friend ,faithful1 ,i am glad ,i have come up with you2 and that ,god hath so made us of one mind that we can walk as friends in this so fair a path4 ,tell me now what you have met with in the way as you came3 for ,i know you have met with some things1 or else it may be writ for a strange pass4 ,illustration3 ,,faithful ,,comes ,,to ,,the ,,help ,,of ,,christian ,fai4--,i got clear of the slough that ,i see you fell in1 and came up to the gate free from that risk4 ,when ,i came to the foot of the hill known as ,difficulty1 ,i met with an old man1 who would know what ,i was1 and to what place ,i was bound8 ,then said the old man1 ',thou dost look like a frank soul3 wilt thou stay and dwell with me for the pay that ,i shall give thee8' ,then ,i did ask his name1 and where he dwelt8 ,he said1 ',his name was ,adam the ,first1 and he dwelt in the ,town of ,deceit4' ,he told me1 ',that his work was fraught with joys1 and his pay1 that ,i should be his heir at last4' ,i then would know what kin he had8 ,he said1 ',he had but three maids1 the ,lust of the flesh1 the ,lust of the eyes1 and the ,pride of life1 and that ,i should wive with one of them1 if ,i would4' ,chr4--,well1 and what close came the old man and you to at last8 ,fai4--,why1 at first ,i would lief go with the man1 for ,i thought he spake full fair2 but when ,i gave a look in his brow1 as ,i spoke with him1 ,i saw there writ1 ',put off the old man with his deeds4' ,then it came red hot to my mind1 that spite of all he said1 and his smooth ways1 when he got me home to his house he would sell me for a slave4 ,so ,i went off from him3 but just as ,i set round to go thence1 ,i felt him take hold of my flesh1 and give me such a dread twitch back1 that ,i thought he did pull part of me with him4 ,so ,i went on my way up the hill4 ,now1 when ,i had got nigh half way up1 ,i gave a look back1 and saw one move on in my steps1 swift as the wind2 so he came up with me just by the place where the bench stands4 ,so soon as the man came up with me1 it was but a word and a blow1 for down he flung me1 and laid me for dead4 ,but1 when ,i got free from the shock1 ,i would know why it was he dealt with me so8 ,he said1 ',for that ,i did in my heart cleave to ,adam the ,first'3 and with that he struck me one more fierce blow on the breast1 and beat me down on the back4 ,he had1 no doubt1 made an end of me1 but that one came by and bid him stay his hand4 ,illustration3 ,this is ,discontent1 who would fain have ,christian go back with him once more4--,page #dg4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,chr4--,who was that that bid him stay his hand8 ,fai4--,i did not know him at first1 but as he went by ,i saw the holes in his hands and in his side3 then ,i felt sure that he was our ,lord4 ,so ,i went up the hill4 ,chr4--,that man that came up with you was ,moses4 ,he spares not1 nor knows he how to show grace to those that break his law4 ,but did you not see the house that stood there on the top of the hill1 on the side of which ,moses met you8 ,fai4--,yes1 and the wild beasts1 too1 ere ,i came at it3 but1 as ,i had so much of the day to spend1 ,i came by the man at the lodge1 and then down the hill4 ,chr4--,but1 pray tell me1 did you meet with no one in the ,vale of ,humility8 ,fai4--,yes1 ,i met with one ,discontent1 who would fain have me to go back once more with him3 his cause was1 for that the vale did not bear a good name4 ,chr4--,met you with naught else in that vale8 ,fai4--,yes1 ,i met with ,shame3 but of all men that ,i met with in my way1 he1 ,i think1 bears the wrong name4 ,chr4--,why1 what did he say to you8 ,fai4--,what6 ,why1 he did flout at faith4 ,he said it was a poor1 low1 mean thing for a man to mind faith2 he said that a soul that shrinks from sin is not fit for a man4 ,he said1 too1 that but few of the great1 rich1 or wise held my views2 nor did those till they were led to be fools1 and to be of a free mind to run the loss of all for none else knows what4 ,more than this1 he said such were of a base and low caste1 and knew naught of those things which are the boast of the wise4 ,yea1 he did hold me to it that it was a shame to ask grace of folk for slight faults1 or to give back that which ,i did take4 ,he said1 too1 that faith made a man grow strange to the great1 and made him own and prize the base3 'and is not this1' said he1 'a shame8' ,chr4--,and what did you say to him8 ,illustration3 ,,faithful ,,resists ,,shame4 ,fai4--,say6 ,i could not tell what to say at first4 ,yea1 he put me so to it that my blood came up in my face2 aye1 this ,shame did fetch it up1 and had1 too1 beat me quite off4 ,but at last ,i thought that that which men prize was base in the sight of ,god4 ,hence1 thought ,i1 what ,god says is best1 is best1 though all the men in the world are foes to it4 ,as1 then1 ,god likes his faith2 as ,god likes a soul that shrinks from sin2 and as they are most wise who wear the guise of fools to gain a crown3 and that the poor man that loves ,christ more rich than the man that sways a world1 that hates him2 ,shame1 go thy way1 thou art a foe to my soul's weal4 ,but1 in sooth1 this ,shame was a bold knave2 ,i could scarce shake him out of my way3 but at last ,i told him it was but in vain to strive with me from that time forth4 ,and when ,i shook him off1 then ,i sang-- ,the tests that those men meet1 with all men else ,that bow their wills to the high call of ,god1 ,are great2 and well1 ,i wist1 do suit the flesh1 ,and come1 and come1 and come e'en yet once more2 ,that now1 or some time else1 we by them may ,be held in thrall1 flung down1 and cast sheer off3 ,o1 let those in the way1 let all such1 then1 ,be sharp1 and quick1 and quit them like true men4 ,chr4--,i am glad1 my friend1 that thou didst strive with this knave in so brave a way2 for he is so bold as to trace our steps in the streets1 and to try to put us to shame in the sight of all men2 that is1 to make us feel shame in that which is good4 ,fai4--,i think we must cry to ,him for help in our frays with ,shame1 that would have us ',stand up for truth on the earth4' ,chr4--,you say true3 but did you meet none else in that vale8 ,fai4--,no1 not ,i2 for ,i had the sun with me all the rest of the way through that1 as well as through the ,vale of the ,shade of ,death4 ,chr4--,it was well for you2 ,i am sure it did fare far worse with me4 ,i thought ,i should have lost my life there more than once3 but at last day broke1 and the sun rose1 and ,i went through that which was to the front of me with far more ease and peace4 ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,talkative4 ,,more than this1 ,i saw in my dream1 that as they went on1 ,faithful saw a man whose name is ,talkative1 walk some way off by the side of them3 for in this place there was full room for them all to walk4 ,to this man ,faithful spoke in such wise3 ,friend1 to what place dost thou go8 dost thou go to the blest land8 ,talk4--,i am bound to that same place4 ,fai4--,come on then1 and let us go side by side1 and let us spend our time well1 by wise speech that tends to use4 ,talk4--,to talk of things that are good1 ,i like much1 with you or with some one else4 ,for1 to speak the truth1 there are but few that care thus to spend their time1 as they are on their way4 ,fai4--,that is1 in sooth1 a thing to mourn2 for what thing so meet for the use of the tongue and mouth of men on earth1 as are the things of the great ,god on high8 ,talk4--,i like you right well1 for what you say is full of force2 and1 ,i will add1 what thing doth so please or what brings such a boon as to talk of the things of ,god8 ,fai4--,that is true2 but to gain good by such things in our talk1 should be that which we seek4 ,illustration3 ,faithful saw a man whose name is ,talkative1 who said1 ,friend1 to what place dost thou go8 dost thou go to the blest land8--,page #ej4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,talk4--,that is it that ,i said2 for to talk of such things is of great use3 for by this means a man may get to know a fair share of things2 as how vain are the things of earth2 and how good are the things that fail not4 ,then1 by this1 a man may learn by talk what it is to mourn for sin1 to have faith1 to pray1 to bear grief1 or the like4 ,by this1 too1 a man may learn what it is that soothes1 and what are the high hopes set forth in the ,word of the ,grace of ,god2 to his own peace4 ,well1 then1 said ,faithful1 what is that one thing that we shall at this time found our speech on8 ,talk4--,what you will3 ,i will talk of things not of earth1 or of things of earth2 things of life1 or things of grace2 things pure1 or things of the world2 so that we but gain good by it4 ,now did ,faithful think this strange2 so he came up to ,christian1 and said to him in a soft voice1 ,what a brave friend have we got6 ,of a truth1 this man will do well in the way4 ,at this ,christian gave a meek smile1 and said1 ,this man1 whom you so take to1 will cheat with this tongue of his a score of them that know him not4 ,fai4--,do you know him then8 ,chr4--,know him6 ,yes2 his name is ,talkative2 he dwells in our town4 ,i wist not how you should be strange to him4 ,fai4--,well1 he seems to be a man of good looks4 ,chr4--,that is1 to them that know him not through and through3 for he is best out of doors2 near home his looks are as bad as you could find4 ,fai4--,but ,i fain think you do but jest1 as ,i saw you smile4 ,chr4--,god grant not that ,i should jest in this case1 or that ,i should speak false of one4 ,i will let you see him in a clear light4 ,this man cares not with whom he picks up1 or how he talks3 as he talks now with you1 so will he talk when he is on the bench1 with ale by his side2 and the more drink he has in his crown1 the more of these things he hath in his mouth4 ,fai4--,say you so8 then am ,i wrong in my thoughts of this man4 ,chr4--,wrong6 ,you may be sure of it4 ,he talks of what it is to pray2 to mourn for sin2 of faith1 and of the new birth2 but he knows but how to talk of them4 ,i have been in his home1 and have seen him both in and out of doors1 and ,i know what ,i say of him is the truth4 ,his house is as void of the fear of ,god as the white of an egg is of taste4 ,they pray not there1 nor is there a sign of grief for sin3 yea1 the brute1 in his kind1 serves ,god more than he4 ,fai4--,well1 my friend1 ,i am bound to trust you2 not for that you say you know him1 but in like way1 for that1 like one who has the mind of ,christ1 you judge of men4 ,chr4--,had ,i known him no more than you ,i might1 it may be1 have thought of him as at the first you did2 but all these things1 yea1 and much more as bad1 which ,i do bring to mind1 ,i can prove him to have the guilt of4 ,fai4--,well1 ,i see that to say and to do are two things2 and by and by ,i shall take more note of this4 ,chr4--,they are two things1 in sooth1 and are no more like than are the soul and flesh2 for1 as the flesh void of the soul is but a dead lump3 so to say1 if it stand loose1 is but a dead lump too4 ,this ,talkative does not know4 ,he thinks that to hear and to say will make a good man1 and thus he cheats his own soul4 ,to hear is but to sow the seed2 to talk is not full proof that fruit is deep in the heart and life2 and let us feel sure that at the day of doom men shall reap just as they have sown4 ,it will not be said then1 ',did you have faith8' but ',did you do or talk8' when they shall have their due meed4 ,fai4--,well1 ,i was not so fond to be with him at first1 but am as sick of him now4 ,what shall we do to be rid of him8 ,chr4--,be led by me1 and do as ,i bid you1 and you shall find that he will soon be sick of you1 too1 save ,god shall touch his heart and turn it4 ,fai4--,what would you have me to do8 ,chr4--,why1 go to him1 and take up some grave theme on the might of faith4 ,then ,faithful gave a step forth once more1 and said to ,talkative1 ,come1 what cheer8 how is it now8 ,talk4--,thank you1 well2 ,i thought we should have had a great deal of talk by this time4 ,fai4--,well1 if you will1 we will fall to it now2 and since you left it with me to state the theme1 let it be this3 ,how doth the grace of ,god that saves1 show forth signs when it is in the heart of man8 ,talk4--,i see1 then1 that our talk must be of the might of things4 ,well1 it is a right good theme1 and ,i shall try to speak on it2 and take what ,i say in brief1 thus3 ,first1 where the grace of ,god is in the heart it makes one cry out on sin4 ,in the next place---- ,fai4--,nay1 hold2 let us dwell on one at once3 ,i think you should say in lieu of this1 it shows by the way in which the soul loathes its sin4 ,a man may cry out on sin to aid his own ends1 but he fails to loathe it1 save ,god makes him do so4 ,some cry out on sin1 just as the dame doth cry out on her child in her lap1 when she calls it bad girl1 and then falls to hug and kiss it4 ,talk4--,you lie at the catch1 ,i see4 ,fai4--,no1 not ,i2 ,i but try to set things right4 ,but what is the next thing by which you would prove to make known the work of grace in the heart8 ,talk4--,to know much of the deep things of ,god4 ,fai4--,this sign should have been first2 but1 first or last1 it too is false3 for to know1 and know well1 the deep things in ,god's ,word1 may still be1 and yet no work of grace in the soul4 ,yea1 if a man know all things he may yet be naught2 and so1 for this cause1 be no child of ,god4 ,when ,christ said1 ',do you know all these things8' and those who heard him said1 ',yes'2 he did add1 ',blest are ye if ye do them4' ,he doth not lay the grace in that one knows1 but in that one does them4 ,talk4--,you lie at the catch1 once more3 this is not for good4 ,fai4--,well1 if you please1 give one more sign how this work of grace doth show where it is4 ,talk4--,not ,i1 for ,i see we shall not be of one mind4 ,fai4--,well1 if you will not1 will you give me leave to do it8 ,talk4--,you may do just as you like4 ,fai4--,a work of grace in the soul doth show quite clear to him that hath it or to those that stand by4 ,to him that hath it1 thus3 it gives him a deep sense of sin1 of the ill that dwells in him4 ,this sight and sense of things work in him grief and shame for sin2 he finds1 too1 brought to view the ,saviour of the world1 and he feels he must close with him for life2 at the which he finds he craves and thirsts for a pure life1 pure at heart1 pure with his kin1 and pure in speech in the world3 which in the broad sense doth teach him in his heart to hate his sin1 to spurn it from his home1 and to shed his light in the world2 not by mere talk1 as a false knave1 or one with a glib tongue1 may do1 but by the force of faith and love to the might of the ,word4 ,and now1 sir1 as to these brief thoughts on the work of grace1 if you have aught to say1 say on2 if not1 then give me leave to ask one thing more of you4 ,talk4--,nay1 my part is not now to say aught1 but to hear2 let me hence hear what you have got to speak4 ,fai4--,it is this3 do you in your heart feel this first part of what ,i said of it8 and doth your life and walk bear proof of the same8 ,then ,talkative at first did blush1 but when he got through this phase1 thus he said3 ,you come now to what one feels in his heart1 to the soul1 and ,god4 ,but ,i pray1 will you tell me why you ask me such things8 ,fai4--,for that ,i saw you prone to talk1 and for that ,i knew not that you had aught else but vague views4 ,more than this1 to tell you all the truth1 ,i have heard of you that you are a man whose faith lies in talk1 and that what you do gives the lie to what you say4 ,talk4--,since you are so quick to take up tales1 and to judge in so rash a way as you do1 ,i would lief think that you are some cross or dull mope of a man1 not fit to hold talk with2 and so1 ,i take my leave4 ,then came up ,christian1 and said to his friend1 ,i told you how it would hap2 your words and his lusts could not suit4 ,he thought it best to leave you1 than change his life4 ,fai4--,but ,i am glad we had this brief talk2 it may hap that he will think of it some time4 ,chr4--,you did well to talk so plain to him as you did2 there is not much of this straight course with men in these days4 ,i wish that all men would deal with such as you have done3 then should they have to change their ways1 or the guild of saints would be too hot for them4 ,thus they went on and told of what they had seen by the way1 and so made that way light which would1 were not this the case1 no doubt have been slow to them2 for now they went through a wild4 ,,chapter ,,xiii4 ,,vanity ,,fair4 ,,now when they were got all but quite out of this wild1 ,faithful by chance cast his eye back1 and saw one come in his wake1 and he knew him4 ,oh6 said ,faithful to his friend1 who comes yon8 ,then ,christian did look1 and said1 ,it is my good friend ,evangelist4 ,ay1 and my good friend1 too1 said ,faithful1 for it was he that set me the way to the gate4 ,then said ,evangelist1 ,how did it fare with you1 my friends1 since the time we last did part8 what have you met with1 and what has been your life8 ,then ,christian and ,faithful told him of all things that did hap to them in the way2 and how1 and with what toil1 they had got to that place4 ,right glad am ,i1 said ,evangelist1 not that you met with straits1 but that you have come safe through them1 and for that you have1 in spite of some faults1 kept in the way to this day4 ,the crown is in sight of you1 and it is one that will not rust2 'so run that you may gain it4' ,you are not yet out of the range of the foul fiend3 let the joy of the ,lord be not lost sight of1 and have a firm faith in things not seen4 ,illustration3 ,,christian ,,and ,,faithful ,,enter ,,the ,,town ,,of ,,vanity ,then did ,christian thank him for his sage words1 but told him at the same time1 that they would have him speak more to them for their help the rest of the way4 ,so ,evangelist spoke thus3 ,my sons1 you have heard in the truth of ,god's ,word1 that you must pass through sharp straits to reach the realm of bliss2 for now as you see you are just out of this wild1 and hence you will ere long come to a town that you will by and by see in front of you2 and in that town you will be set round with foes1 who will strain hard but they will kill you3 and be you sure that one or both of you must seal the faith1 which you hold1 with blood4 ,but when you are come to the town1 and shall find what ,i have said come to pass1 then think of your friend1 and quit you both like men4 ,then ,i saw in my dream that1 when they were got out of the wild1 they soon saw a town in front of them2 the name of that town is ,vanity2 and at the town there is a fair kept1 known as ,vanity ,fair2 at this fair are all such goods sold as lands1 trades1 realms1 lusts1 and gay things of all sorts1 as lives1 blood1 souls1 gold1 pearls1 stones of great worth1 and what not4 ,now1 as ,i said1 the way to the ,celestial ,city lies just through this town where this huge fair is kept3 and he that will go there1 and yet not go through this town1 must needs go out of the world4 ,the ,lord of ,lords1 when here1 went through this town to his own realm1 and that1 too1 on a day when a fair was held3 yea1 and as ,i think1 it was ,beelzebub1 the chief lord of this fair1 that sought of him to buy of his vain wares4 ,but he had no mind to the goods1 and hence left the town1 nor did he lay out so much as a mite on these wares4 ,now these folk1 as ,i said1 must needs go through this fair4 ,well1 so they did2 but lo1 just as they got to the fair1 all the crowd in the fair rose up1 and the town1 too1 as it were1 and made much noise and stir for that they came there2 they1 of course1 spoke the tongue of ,canaan2 but they that kept the fair were the men of this world2 so that1 from end to end of the fair1 they did seem strange each to each4 ,but that which made the crowd most laugh was1 that these men set quite light by all their wares3 they did not care so much as to look on them2 and1 if they sought for them to buy1 they would stop their ears1 and cry1 ,turn off mine eyes1 lest they see vain things1 and look up1 to show that their trade and wares were in the skies4 ,at last things came to a sad pass1 which led to great stir in the fair1 so that all was noise and din1 and law was set at naught4 ,now was word soon brought to the great one of the fair1 who at once came down1 and sent some of his best friends to sift those men by whom the fair was put in such a state4 ,so the men were brought in their sight4 ,but they that were sent to sift them did not think them to be aught than fools and mad1 or else such as came to put all things out of gear in the fair4 ,hence they took them and beat them1 and made them grime with dirt1 and then put them in the cage1 that they might be made a foul sight to all the men of the fair4 ,but as the men bore up well1 and gave good words for bad1 some men in the fair1 that were more just than the rest1 sought to check and chide the base sort for the vile acts done by them to the men4 ,one said1 ,that for aught they could see1 the men were mild1 and of sound mind1 and sought to do harm to no one3 and that there were some1 that did trade in their fair1 that ought far more to be put in the cage1 than the men to whom they had done such ill4 ,thus1 as soon as hot words did pass on both sides1 they fell to some blows1 and did harm each to each4 ,then were these two poor men brought up once more1 when a charge was made that it was they who had got up the row that had been made at the fair4 ,but ,christian and ,faithful bore the shame and the slur that was cast on them in so calm and meek a way that it won to their side some of the men of the fair4 ,this put one part of the crowd in a still more fierce rage1 so that they were bent on the death of these two men4 ,then were they sent back to the cage once more1 till it was told what should be done with them4 ,so they put them in1 and made their feet fast in the stocks4 ,here1 then1 they once more brought to mind what they had heard from their true friend ,evangelist1 and were the more strong in their way and woes by what he told them would fall out to them4 ,they1 too1 now sought to cheer the heart of each1 that whose lot it was to die that he should have the best of it3 hence each man did wish in the depth of his soul that he might have the crown4 ,then in due time they brought them forth to court1 so that they might meet their doom4 ,the name of the judge was ,lord ,hate-good2 their plaint was that they had made broils and feuds in the town1 and had won some to their own most vile views1 in scorn of the law of their prince4 ,then ,faithful said that he did but spurn that which had set up in face of ,him that is the ,most ,high4 ,and1 said he1 as for broils1 ,i make none1 as ,i am a man of peace2 those that were won to us were won by their view of our truth and pure lives and they are but gone from the worst to the best4 ,illustration3 ,then ,superstition said3 ,my lord1 ,i know not much of this man2 but he is a most vile knave4--,page #fa4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,then was it made known that they that had aught to say for their lord the king1 to prove the guilt of him at the bar1 should at once come forth and give in their proof4 ,so there came in three men1 to wit1 ,envy1 ,superstition1 and ,pickthank4 ,then stood forth ,envy and said in this strain3 ,my lord1 this man1 in spite of his fair name1 is one of the most vile men in our land4 ,he does all that he can to fill all men with some of his wild views1 which tend to the bane of our realm1 and which he for the most part calls 'grounds of faith and a pure life4' ,and in chief ,i heard him once say that the faith of ,christ and the laws of our town of ,vanity could not be at one1 as they were foes each to each4 ,then did they call ,superstition1 and sware him3 so he said3 ,my lord1 ,i know not much of this man1 nor do ,i care to know more of him2 but he is a most vile knave2 ,i heard him say that our faith was naught1 and such by which no man could please ,god4 ,which words of his1 my lord1 you quite well know what they mean1 to wit1 that we still work in vain1 are yet in our sins1 and at last shall be lost4 ,and this is that which ,i have to say4 ,then was ,pickthank sworn1 and bid say what he knew in the cause of their lord the king to the hurt of the rogue at the bar4 ,pick4--,my lord1 and you great folk all1 this wight ,i have known of a long time1 and have heard him speak things that ought not to be said2 for he did rail on our great prince1 ,beelzebub1 and spoke ill of his firm friends2 and he hath said1 too1 that if all men were of his mind1 if so be there is not one of these great men should from that time forth stay in this town4 ,more than this1 he hath not felt dread to rail on you1 my lord1 who are now sent to be his judge4 ,when this ,pickthank had told his tale1 the judge spoke to the man at the bar1 and said1 ,thou vile1 base wretch1 hast thou heard what those just and true men have sworn to thy bane8 ,fai4--,i say then1 as a set off to what ,mr4 ,envy hath said1 ,i spoke not a word but this1 ',that what rule1 or laws1 or rights1 or men1 are flat down on the ,word of ,god1 are foes to the faith of ,christ4' ,as to the next1 to wit1 ,mr4 ,superstition1 and his charge to my hurt1 ,i said but this1 ',that to serve ,god one needs a faith from on high2 but there can be no faith from on high void of the will of ,god made known from the same source4 ,hence1 all that is thrust on us that does not square with this will of ,god1 is but of man's faith2 which faith will not serve the life that is to come4' ,as to what ,mr4 ,pickthank hath said1 ',that the prince of this town1 with all the roughs1 his slaves1 are more fit for one in hell than in this town and land'2 and so the ,lord be good to me4 ,then the judge said to those who were to bind or loose him from the charge3 ,ye who serve here to weigh this case1 you see this man of whom so great a din hath been made in this town4 ,it doth lie now on your souls to hang him1 or save his life2 but yet ,i think meet to teach you a few points of our law4 ,illustration3 ,then stood forth ,envy and said3 ,my lord1 this man in spite of his fair name1 is one of the most vile men in our land4--,page #fa4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,there was an act made in the days of ,pharaoh the great1 friend to our prince1 that1 lest those of a wrong faith should spread and grow too strong for him1 their males should be thrown in the stream4 ,there was1 in like way1 an act made in the days of ,nebuchadnezzar the great1 who1 too1 did serve him1 that such as would not fall down and laud the form he had set up1 should be flung in a pit of fire4 ,now the pith of these laws this rogue has set at naught1 not in mere thought but in word and deed as well4 ,twice1 nay thrice1 he speaks of our creed as a thing of naught2 and for this1 on his own words1 he needs must die the death4 ,then went out those who had to weigh the case1 whose names were ,mr4 ,blind-man1 ,mr4 ,no-good1 ,mr4 ,malice1 ,mr4 ,love-lust1 ,mr4 ,live-loose1 ,mr4 ,heady1 ,mr4 ,high-mind1 ,mr4 ,enmity1 ,mr4 ,liar1 ,mr4 ,cruelty1 ,mr4 ,hate-light1 and ,mr4 ,implacable2 who each one gave in his voice to ,faithful's hurt1 in his own mind2 and then meant to make known his doom in face of the judge4 ,and ,mr4 ,blind-man1 the chief1 said1 ,i see1 most plain1 that this man is a foe2 let us at once doom him to death4 ,and so they did4 ,the judge then put on the black cap1 and said1 ,that he should be led from the place where he was to the place from whence he came1 and there to be put to the worst death that could be thought off4 ,they then brought him out to do with him as the law set forth3 and first they whipt him2 then they did pelt him with stones2 and1 last of all1 they burnt him to dust at the stake4 ,thus came ,faithful to his end4 ,now ,i saw that there stood in the rear of the crowd a state car1 with two steeds1 that did wait for ,faithful2 who1 as soon as his foes had got rid of him1 was caught up in it and straight sent off through the clouds1 with sound of trump1 the most near way to the ,celestial ,gate4 ,but as for ,christian1 he was put back to jail2 so there he lay for a space3 but ,he that rules all things1 in whose hand was the might of their rage1 so wrought it that ,christian1 for that time got free from them and went his way4 ,,chapter ,,xiv4 ,,christian ,,and ,,hopeful4 ,,now ,i saw in my dream that ,christian went not forth with none to cheer him2 for there was one whose name was ,hopeful1 who set out with him1 and made a grave pact that he would be his friend4 ,so ,i saw that when they were just got out of the fair they came up with one that had gone on in front of them1 whose name was ,by-ends4 ,he told them that he came from the town of ,fair-speech1 and was bound for the ,celestial ,city2 but he told them not his name4 ,chr4--,pray1 sir1 what may ,i call you8 ,by4--,i know not you1 nor you me3 if you mean to go this way1 ,i shall be glad to go with you3 if not1 ,i must take things as they come4 ,then ,christian stept on one side to his friend ,hopeful1 and said1 ,it runs in my mind that this is one ,by-ends1 of ,fair-speech1 and if it be he1 we have as keen a knave in our midst as dwells in all these parts4 ,then said ,hopeful1 ,ask him2 ,i think he should not blush at his name4 ,so ,christian came up with him once more1 and said1 ,sir1 is not your name ,mr4 ,by-ends1 of ,fair-speech8 ,by4--,this is not my name2 but1 in sooth1 it is a name ,i got in scorn from some that do not like me4 ,chr4--,i thought1 in sooth1 that you were the man that ,i had heard of2 and1 to tell you what ,i think1 ,i fear this name suits you more than you would wish we should think it doth4 ,illustration3 ,,hopeful joins company with ,,christian ,by4--,well1 if you will thus think1 ,i durst not help it3 you shall find me a fair man1 if you will make me one of you4 ,chr4--,if you will go with us1 you must go in the teeth of wind and tide2 you must1 in like wise1 own ,faith in his rags1 as well as when in his sheen shoes2 and stand by him1 too1 when bound in chains1 as well as when he walks the streets with praise4 ,by4--,you must not curb my faith1 nor lord it in this way3 leave me free to think1 and let me go with you4 ,chr4--,not a step more1 save you will do in what ,i shall speak as we4 ,then said ,by-ends1 ,i shall not cast off my old views1 since they bring no harm1 and are of use4 ,if ,i may not go with you1 ,i must do as ,i did ere you came up with me1 that is1 go on with no one1 till some will come on who will be glad to meet me4 ,now ,i saw in my dream that ,christian and ,hopeful left him1 and went on in front of him3 but one of them did chance to look back1 and saw three men in the wake of ,mr4 ,by-ends1 and lo1 as they came up with him1 he made them quite a low bow4 ,the men's names were ,mr4 ,hold-the-world1 ,mr4 ,money-love1 and ,mr4 ,save-all2 men that ,mr4 ,by-ends had erst known2 for when boys they were mates at school1 and were taught by one ,mr4 ,gripeman1 who keeps a school in ,love-gain1 which is a large town in the shire of ,coveting1 in the north4 ,well1 when they1 as ,i said1 did greet in turn1 ,mr4 ,money-love said to ,mr4 ,by-ends1 ,who are they on the road right in front of us8 ,by4--,they are a pair from a land far off1 that1 in their mode1 are bent on a long route4 ,illustration3 ,then ,christian saw three men in the wake of ,mr4 ,by-ends1 and lo1 as they came up with him he made them a very low bow4--,page #ff4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,money4--,ah6 why did they not stay2 that we might have gone on with them8 for they1 and we1 and you1 sir1 ,i hope1 are all bent on the same road4 ,by4--,why1 they1 in their fierce mood1 think that they are bound to rush on their way at all times2 while ,i wait for wind and tide4 ,they like to risk all for ,god at a clap2 while ,i like to seize all means to make safe my life and lands4 ,they are for ,faith when in rags and scorn2 but ,i am for him when he walks in his sheen shoes in the sun1 and with praise4 ,hold4--,ay1 and hold you there still1 good ,mr4 ,by-ends3 for my part ,i can count him but a fool1 that with the means to keep what he has1 he shall be so lack of sense as to lose it4 ,for my part1 ,i like that faith best that will stand with the pledge of ,god's good gifts to us4 ,abraham and ,solomon grew rich in faith3 and ,job says that a good man 'shall lay up gold as dust4' ,but he must not be such as the men in front of us1 if they be as you have said of them4 ,save4--,i think that we are all of one mind in this thing2 and hence there need no more words be said of it4 ,mr4 ,by-ends and his friends did lag and keep back1 that ,christian and ,hopeful might go on in front of them4 ,then ,christian and ,hopeful went till they came to a nice plain known as ,ease2 which did please them much3 but that plain was but strait1 so they were soon got through it4 ,now at the far side of that plain was a small hill1 which went by the name of ,lucre1 and in that hill a gold mine1 which some of them that had been that way had gone on one side to see2 but1 as they got too near the brink of the pit1 the ground1 as it was not sound1 broke when they trod on it1 and they were slain4 ,then ,i saw in my dream that a short way off the road1 nigh to the gold mine1 stood ,demas1 a man of fair looks1 to call to such as went that way to come and see2 who said to ,christian and his friend1 ,ho6 turn hence on this side1 and ,i will show you a thing4 ,here is a gold mine1 and some that dig in it for wealth3 if you will come1 with slight pains you may gain a rich store for your use4 ,illustration3 ,,demas ,,tempts ,,christian ,,and ,,hopeful4 ,then ,christian did call to ,demas1 and said1 ,is not the way rife with risks8 ,hath it not let some in their way8 ,dem4--,not so much so1 save to those that take no care4 ,but a blush came on his face as he spake4 ,then said ,christian to ,hopeful1 ,let us not stir a step1 but still keep on our way4 ,by this time ,by-ends and those who were with him came once more in sight1 and they1 at the first beck1 went straight to ,demas4 ,now1 that they fell in the pit1 as they stood on the brink of it1 or that they went down to dig1 or that they lost their breath at the base by the damps that1 as a rule1 rise from it1 of these things ,i am not sure2 but this ,i saw1 that from that time forth they were not seen once more in the way4 ,which strange sight gave them cause for grave talk4 ,,chapter ,,xv4 ,,doubting ,,castle ,,and ,,giant ,,despair4 ,i ,,saw then1 that they went on their way to a fair stream4 ,here then ,christian and his friend did walk with great joy4 ,they drank1 too1 of the stream1 which was sweet to taste1 and like balm to their faint hearts4 ,more than this1 on the banks of this stream1 on each side1 were green trees with all kinds of fruit3 and the leaves they ate to ward off ills that come of too much food and heat of blood1 while on the way4 ,on each side of the stream was a mead1 bright with white plants2 and it was green all the year long4 ,in this mead they lay down and slept4 ,when they did wake they felt a wish to go on1 and set out4 ,now the way from the stream was rough1 and their feet soft1 for that they came a long road so the souls of the men were sad1 from the state of the way4 ,now1 not far in front of them1 there was on the left hand of the road a mead1 and a stile to get right to it3 and that mead is known as ,by-path ,meadow4 ,then said ,christian to his friend1 ,if this mead doth lie close by the side of our way1 let us go straight to it4 ,then said ,christian to his friends1 ,if this mead doth lie close by the side of our way1 let us go straight to it4 ,then he went to the stile to see1 and lo1 a path lay close by the way on the far off side of the fence4 ,it is just as ,i wish1 said ,christian2 come1 good ,hopeful1 and let us cross to it4 ,hope4--,but how if this path should lead us out of the way8 ,that is not like to be1 said the next4 ,look1 doth it not go straight on by the side of the way8 ,so ,hopeful1 when he thought on what his friend said1 went in his steps1 and did cross the stile2 and at the same time1 while they cast their eyes in front of them1 they saw a man that did walk as they did1 and his name was ,vain-,confidence3 so they did call to him1 and ask him to what place that way led4 ,he said1 ,to the ,celestial ,gate4 ,look1 said ,christian1 did not ,i tell you so8 by this you may see we are right4 ,so they went in his wake1 and he went in front of them4 ,but1 lo1 the night came on1 and it grew quite dark2 so that they that were in the rear lost the sight of him that went in front4 ,he then that went in front1 as he did not see the way clear1 fell in a deep pit1 which was there made by the prince of those grounds to catch such vain fools with the rest1 and was torn in bits by his fall4 ,now ,christian and his friend heard him fall3 so they did call to know the cause3 but there was none to speak4 ,then ,hopeful gave a deep groan1 and said1 ,oh1 that ,i had kept on my way6 ,illustration3 ,this is ,vain-,confidence whom ,christian and ,hopeful saw in the way as they did walk4--,page #gj4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,chr4--,good friend1 do not feel hurt4 ,i grieve ,i have brought thee out of the way1 and that ,i have put thee in no slight strait2 pray1 my friend1 let this pass2 ,i did not do it of a bad will4 ,hope4--,be of good cheer1 my friend1 for ,i give thee shrift2 and trust1 too1 this shall be for our good4 ,then1 so as to cheer them1 they heard the voice of one that said1 ,let thine heart be set on the high road2 and the way that thou didst go turn once more4 ,but by this time the way that they should go back was rife with risk4 ,then ,i thought that we get more quick out of the way when we are in it1 than in it when we are out4 ,nor could they1 with all the skill they had1 get once more to the stile that night4 ,for which cause1 as they at last did light neath a slight shed1 they sat down there till day broke3 but as they did tire they fell to sleep4 ,now there was not far from the place where they lay a fort1 known as ,doubting ,castle1 and he who kept it was ,giant ,despair3 and it was on his grounds that they now slept4 ,hence1 as he got up at dawn1 and did walk up and down in his fields1 he caught ,christian and ,hopeful in sound sleep on his grounds4 ,they told him they were poor wights1 and that they had lost their way4 ,then said the ,giant1 ,you have this night come where you should not2 you did tramp in1 and lie on1 my grounds1 and so you must go hence with me4 ,so they were made to go1 for that he had more strength than they4 ,they1 too1 had but few words to say1 for they knew they were in a fault4 ,the ,giant hence drove them in front of him1 and put them in his fort1 in a dank1 dark cell1 that was foul and stunk to the souls of these two men4 ,here then they lay for full four days1 and had not one bit of bread1 or drop of drink1 or light1 or one to ask how they did3 they were1 hence1 here in bad case1 and were far from friends and all who knew them4 ,now in this place ,christian had more than his own share of grief1 for it was through his bad words that they were brought to such dire bale4 ,now ,giant ,despair had a wife1 and her name was ,diffidence3 so when he was gone to bed he told his wife what he had done4 ,then he did ask her1 too1 what he had best do more to them4 ,then she said to him that when he got up in the morn he should beat them1 and show no ruth4 ,so when he rose he gets him a huge stick of crab1 and goes down to the cell to them1 and falls on them and beats them in such sort that they could do naught to ward off his blows1 or to turn them on the floor4 ,this done1 he goes off and leaves them there to soothe each one his friend1 and to mourn their grief4 ,the next night1 she spoke with her lord more as to their case1 and when she found that they were not dead1 did urge him to tell them to take their own lives4 ,so when morn was come he told them that since they were not like to come out of that place1 their best way would be at once to put an end to their lives1 with knife1 rope1 or drug4 ,but they did pray him to let them go2 with that he gave a frown on them1 ran at them1 and had no doubt made an end of them with his own hand1 but that he fell in one of his fits4 ,from which cause he went off1 and left them to think what to do4 ,then did the men talk of the best course to take2 and thus they spoke3 ,friend1 said ,christian1 what shall we do8 ,the life that we now live is fraught with ill3 for my part1 ,i know not if it be best to live thus1 or die out of hand3 the grave has more ease for me than this cell4 ,hope4--,of a truth1 our state is most dread1 and death would be more of a boon to me than thus hence to stay3 but let us not take our own lives4 ,with these words ,hopeful then did soothe the mind of his friend3 so they did stay each with each in the dark that day1 in their sad and drear plight4 ,well1 as dusk came on the ,giant goes down to the cell once more1 to see if those he held bound there had done as he had bid them3 but when he came there he found they still did live1 at which he fell in a great rage1 and told them that1 as he saw they had lent a deaf ear to what he said1 it should be worse for them than if they had not been born4 ,at this they shook with dread1 and ,i think that ,christian fell in a swoon2 but as he came round once more1 they took up the same strain of speech as to the ,giant's words1 and if it were best give heed to them or no4 ,now ,christian once more did seem to wish to yield1 but ,hopeful made his next speech in this wise3 ,my friend1 said he1 dost thou not know how brave thou hast been in times past8 ,the foul fiend could not crush thee2 nor could all that thou didst hear1 or see1 or feel in the ,vale of the ,shade of ,death2 what wear and tear1 grief and fright1 hast thou erst gone through1 and art thou naught but fears8 ,thou dost see that ,i am in the cell with thee1 and ,i am a far more weak man to look at than thou art3 in like way1 this ,giant did wound me as well as thee1 and hath1 too1 cut off the bread and drink from my mouth1 and with thee ,i mourn void of the light4 ,but let us try and grow more strong3 call to mind how thou didst play the man at ,vanity ,fair1 and wast not made blench at the chain or cage1 nor yet at fierce death2 for which cause let us1 at least to shun the shame that looks not well for a child of ,god to be found in1 bear up with calm strength as well as we can4 ,now night had come once more1 and his wife spoke to him of the men1 and sought to know if they had done as he had told them4 ,to which he said1 ,they are stout rogues2 they choose the more to bear all hard things than to put an end to their lives4 ,then said she1 ,take them to the garth next day1 and show them the bones and skulls of those that thou hast put to death1 and make them think thou wilt tear them in shreds1 as thou hast done to folk like to them4 ,so when the morn was come the ,giant takes them to the garth1 and shows them as his wife had bade him3 ,these1 said he1 were wights1 as you are1 once1 and they trod on my ground1 as you have done2 and when ,i thought fit ,i tore them in bits1 and so in the space of ten days ,i will do you3 go1 get you down to your den once more4 ,and with that he beat them all the way to the place4 ,they lay for this cause all day in a sad state1 just as they had done4 ,now1 when night was come1 and when ,mrs4 ,diffidence and her spouse the ,giant were got to bed1 they once more spoke of the men2 and1 with this1 the ,giant thought it strange that he could not by his blows or words bring them to an end4 ,and with that his wife said1 ,i fear that they live in hopes that some will come to set them free1 or that they have things to pick locks with them1 by the means of which they hope to scape4 ,and dost thou say so1 my dear8 said the ,giant2 ,i will hence search them in the morn4 ,well1 in the depth of night they strove hard to pray1 and held it up till just break of day4 ,illustration3 ,,christian ,,hopeful escape from ,,doubting ,,castle ,now1 not long ere it was day1 good ,christian1 as one half wild1 brake out in this hot speech3 ,what a fool1 quoth he1 am ,i1 thus to lie in a foul den when ,i may as well walk in the free air3 ,i have a key in my breast known as ,promise1 that will1 ,i feel sure1 pick each lock in ,doubting ,castle4 ,then said ,hopeful1 ,that is good news1 my friend2 pluck it out of thy breast and try4 ,then ,christian took it out of his breast1 and did try at the cell door1 whose bolt as he did turn the key gave back1 and the door flew back with ease1 and ,christian and ,hopeful both came out4 ,then he went to the front door that leads to the yard of the fort1 and with this key did ope that door in like way4 ,then he went to the brass gate 7for that he must ope too71 but that lock he had hard work to move2 yet did the key pick it4 ,then they thrust wide the gate to make their scape with speed4 ,but that gate as it went back did creak so1 that it woke ,giant ,despair1 who1 as he rose in haste to go in search of the men1 felt his limbs to fail1 for his fits took him once more1 so that he could by no means go in their track4 ,then they went on1 and came to the ,king's high road once more1 and so were safe1 for that they were out of his grounds4 ,now1 when they had got clear of the stile1 they thought in their minds what they should do at that stile1 to keep those that should come in their wake from the fell hands of ,giant ,despair4 ,so they built there a pile and wrote on the side of it these words3 ,to cross this stile is the way to ,doubting ,castle1 which is kept by ,giant ,despair1 who spurns the ,king of the good land1 and seeks to kill such as serve him4 ,,chapter ,,xvi4 ,,the ,,delectable ,,mountains4 ,,they went then till they came to the ,delectable ,mountains1 which mounts the ,lord of that hill doth own of whom we erst did speak3 so they went up to the mounts1 to see the plants1 trees rife with fruit1 the vines and founts2 where1 too1 they drank1 did wash1 and eat of the grapes till no gust was left for more4 ,now there were on the top of these mounts1 ,shepherds that fed their flocks1 and they stood by the side of the high road4 ,christian and ,hopeful then went to them1 and while they leant on their staves 7as is the case with wights who tire when they stand to talk with folk by the way71 they said1 ,whose ,delectable ,mountains are these8 and whose be the sheep that fed on them8 ,shep4--,these mounts are ,immanuel's ,land1 and they can be seen from this town3 and the sheep in like way are his1 and he laid down his life for them4 ,chr4--,is this the way to the ,celestial ,city8 ,shep4--,you are just in your way4 ,i saw1 too1 in my dream that when the ,shepherds saw that they were men on the road1 they in like way did ask them things1 to which they spoke1 as was their wont3 as1 ,whence came you8 and how got you in the way8 and by what means have you so held on in it8 for but few of them that set out to come hence do show their face on these mounts4 ,but when the ,shepherds heard their speech1 which did please them1 they gave them looks of love1 and said1 ,good come with thee to the ,mounts of ,joy4 ,the ,shepherds1 ,i say1 whose names were ,knowledge1 ,experience1 ,watchful1 and ,sincere1 took them by the hand and had them to their tents1 and made them eat and drink of that which was there at the time4 ,they said1 too1 ,we would that you should stay here a short time1 to get known to us1 and yet more to cheer your heart with the good of these ,mounts of ,joy4 ,they told them that they would much like to stay2 and so they went to their rest that night1 for that it was so late4 ,then ,i saw in my dream1 that in the morn the ,shepherds did call on ,christian and ,hopeful to walk with them on the mounts4 ,then said the ,shepherds1 each to his friend1 ,shall we show these wights with staves some strange sights8 ,so they had them first to the top of a hill1 known as ,error1 and bid them look down to the base4 ,so ,christian and ,hopeful did look down1 and saw at the foot a lot of men rent all to bits1 by a fall that they had from the top4 ,then said ,christian1 ,what doth this mean8 ,the ,shepherds said1 ,have you not heard of them that were made to err1 in that they gave heed to ,hymeneus and ,philetus1 who held not the faith that the dead shall rise from the grave8 ,those that you see lie rent in bits at the base of this mount are they2 and they have lain to this day on the ground as you see1 so that those who come this way may take heed how they climb too high1 or how they come too near the brink of this mount4 ,then ,i saw that they had them to the top of the next mount1 and the name of that is ,caution1 and bid them look as far off as they could2 which when they did they saw1 as they thought1 a group of men that did walk up and down through the tombs that were there3 and they saw that the men were blind1 for that they fell at times on the tombs1 and for that they could not get out from the midst of them4 ,then said ,christian1 ,what means this8 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,hill ,,error4 ,the ,shepherds then said1 ,did you not see1 a short way down these mounts1 a stile that leads to a mead on the left hand of this way8 ,they said1 ,yes4 ,then said the ,shepherds1 ,from that stile there goes a path that leads straight to ,doubting ,castle1 which is kept by ,giant ,despair1 and these men 7as he did point to them in the midst of the tombs7 came once on the way1 as you do now--ay1 till they came to that same stile6 ,and as they found the right way was rough in that place1 they chose to go out of it to that mead1 and there were caught by ,giant ,despair and shut up in ,doubting ,castle2 where1 when they had a while been kept in a cell1 he at last did put out their eyes1 and led them in the thick of those tombs1 where he has left them to stray till this day3 that the words of the ,wise ,man might be brought to pass1 ',he that strays out of the way of truth shall dwell in the homes of the dead4' ,then did ,christian and ,hopeful look each on each1 while tears came from their eyes2 but yet said they not a word to the ,shepherds4 ,then ,i saw in my dream1 that the ,shepherds had them to one more place1 in a steep1 where was a door in the side of a hill2 and they flung wide the door and bid them look in4 ,they did look in1 hence1 and saw that it was dark and full of smoke2 they thought1 too1 that they heard a hoarse noise1 as of fire1 and a cry of some in pain4 ,then said ,christian1 ,what means this8 ,the ,shepherds told them1 ,this is a nigh way to ,hell2 a way that such as seem to be what they are not go in at3 to wit1 such as sell the right they had at birth1 with ,esau2 such as sell their ,lord1 with ,judas2 such as speak ill of ,god's ,word1 with ,alexander2 and that lie and shift1 with ,ananias1 and ,sapphira his wife4 ,then said ,hopeful to the ,shepherds1 ,i see that these had on them1 each one1 a show of the road1 as we have now1 had they not8 ,shep4--,yes1 and held it a long time too4 ,hope4--,how far might they go on in the way1 in their days1 since they1 in spite of this1 were thus cast off8 ,shep4--,some yon1 and some not so far as these mounts4 ,by this time ,christian and ,hopeful had a wish to go forth1 and the ,shepherds meant that they should3 so they sped side by side till they got nigh the end of the mounts4 ,then said the ,shepherds1 each to his friend1 ,let us here show these wights the gates of the ,celestial ,city1 if they have skill to look through our kind of glass4 ,the men then did like the hint3 so they had them to the top of a high hill1 the name of which was ,clear1 and gave them the glass to look4 ,then did they try to look1 but the thought of that last thing that the ,shepherds had shown them made their hands shake2 by means of which let they could not look well through the glass2 yet they thought they saw a thing like the gate1 and1 in like way1 some of the sheen of the place4 ,just ere they set out1 one of the ,shepherds gave them a note of the way2 the next bid them take heed of such as fawn2 the third bid them take heed that they slept not on ground that had a spell2 and the fourth bid them ,god speed4 ,so ,i did wake from my dream4 ,,chapter ,,xvii4 ,,the ,,enchanted ,,ground ,,and ,,the ,,way ,,down ,,to ,,it4 ,,and ,i slept and dreamt once more1 and saw the same two wights go down the mounts1 by the high road that led to the town4 ,now nigh the base of these mounts1 on the left hand1 lies the land of ,conceit1 from which land there comes1 right in the way in which the men trod1 a small lane with twists and turns4 ,here1 then1 they met with a brisk lad that came out of that land1 and his name was ,ignorance4 ,so ,christian would know from what parts he came1 and whence he was bound4 ,ignor4--,sir1 ,i was born in the land that lies off there a short way on the left hand1 and ,i am bound to the ,celestial ,city4 ,chr4--,but how do you think to get in at the gate8 for you may find some let there4 ,as some good folk do1 said he4 ,chr4--,but what have you to show at that gate1 that the gate should be flung wide to you8 ,ignor4--,i know my ,lord's will1 and have led a good life2 ,i pay each man his own2 ,i pray1 fast1 pay tithes1 and give alms2 and have left my land for the place to which ,i go4 ,chr4--,but thou didst not come in at the ,wicket-gate that is at the head of this way2 thou didst come in here through that same lane with the twists and turns2 and hence1 ,i fear1 in spite of what thou dost think of thy right1 when the last day shall come1 thou wilt have laid to thy charge that thou art a thief1 in lieu of a free pass to the town4 ,ignor4--,sirs1 ye be not known to me in the least2 ,i know you not2 you be led by the faith of your land1 and ,i will be led by the faith of mine4 ,i hope all will be well4 ,and as for the gate that you talk of1 all the world knows that that is a great way off our land4 ,i do not think that one man in all our parts doth so much as know the way to it2 nor need they care if they do or no2 since we have1 as you see1 a fine1 gay1 green lane1 that comes down from our land1 the next road that leads to the way4 ,illustration3 ,then ,christian met with a brisk lad who said his name was ,ignorance4--,page #hb4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,when ,christian saw that the man was wise in his own eyes1 he said to ,hopeful in a soft voice1 ',there is more hope of a fool than of him'2 and said1 in like way1 ',when he that is a fool walks by the way1 his sense fails him1 and he saith to each one that he is a fool4' ,what6 shall we talk more with him1 or move on now1 and so leave him to think of what he hath erst heard1 and then stop once more for him in a while1 and see if by slow steps we can do aught of good to him8 ,then said ,hopeful1 ,it is not good1 ,i think1 to say so to him all at once2 let us pass him by1 if you will1 and talk to him by and by1 just as he has 'strength to bear it4' ,so they both went on1 and ,ignorance came in their track4 ,now1 when they had left him a short way1 they came to a dark lane1 where they met a man whom some fiends had bound with strong cords1 and took back to the door that they saw on the side of the hill4 ,now good ,christian could not help but shake1 and so did ,hopeful1 who was with him2 yet1 as the fiends led off the man1 ,christian did look to see if he knew him2 and he thought it might be one ,turnaway1 that dwelt in the town of ,apostacy4 ,but he did not well see his face1 for he did hang his head like a thief that is found4 ,but when he had gone past1 ,hopeful gave a look at him1 and saw on his back a card1 with these words1 ,vile cheat1 that has left his faith4 ,so they went on1 and ,ignorance went in their track4 ,they went till they came at a place where they saw a way put right in their way1 and did seem1 at the same time1 to lie as straight as the way which they should go4 ,and here they knew not which of the two to take1 for both did seem straight in front of them3 hence they stood to think4 ,and as they thought of the way1 lo1 a man black of flesh1 but clad with a light robe1 came to them1 and did ask them why they stood there4 ,they said they were bound to the ,celestial ,city1 but knew not which of these ways to take4 ,go with me1 said the man2 it is to that place ,i am bent4 ,so they went with him in the way that but now came to the road1 which each step they took did turn and turn them so far from the town that they sought to go to1 that in a short time their heads did turn off from it2 yet they went with him4 ,but by and by1 ere they well knew of it1 he led them both in the bounds of a net1 in which they were both so caught that they knew not what to do2 and with that the white robe fell off the black man's back3 then they saw where they were4 ,for which cause there they lay in tears some time1 for they could not get their limbs out4 ,then said ,christian to his friend1 ,now do ,i see that ,i am wrong4 ,did not the ,shepherds bid us take heed of the ,flatterer8 ,as are the words of the ,wise ,man1 so we have found it this day1 ',a man that fawns on his friend spreads a net for his feet4' ,hope4--,they1 too1 gave us some notes as to the way1 so that we may be the more sure to find it2 but in that we have not thought to read4 ,illustration3 ,then did ,hopeful tell ,christian his experience1 and ,christian said3 ,let us not sleep1 as some do2 but let us watch and pray4--,page #hf4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,thus they lay in sad plight in the net4 ,at last they saw a ,bright ,one come nigh to where they were1 with a whip of small cords in his hand4 ,when he was come to the place where they were1 he did ask them whence they came1 and what they did there8 ,they told him they were poor wights bound to ,zion1 but were led out of their way by a black man clad in white1 who bid us1 said they1 go with him1 for he was bound to that place too4 ,then said he with the whip1 ,it is one who fawns1 a false guide who wore the garb of a sprite of light4 ,so he rent the net1 and let the men out4 ,then said he to them1 ,come with me1 that ,i may set you in your way once more3 so he led them back to the way they had left to go with the ,flatterer4 ,then he did ask them and said1 ,where did you lie the last night8 ,they said1 ,with the ,shepherds on the ,mounts of ,joy4 ,he did ask1 then1 if they had not of those men a note as a guide for the way4 ,they said1 ,yes4 ,but did you not1 said he1 when you were at a stand1 pluck out and read your note8 ,quoth they1 ,no4 ,he did ask them1 ,why8 ,they said1 ,they did not think of it4 ,he would know1 too1 ,if the ,shepherds did not bid them take heed of the ,flatterer8 ,they said1 ,yes2 but we thought not1 said they1 that this man of fine speech had been he4 ,then ,i saw in my dream that he told them to lie down2 which when they did1 he gave them sore stripes1 to teach them the good way in which they should walk4 ,this done1 he bids them go on their way1 and take good heed to the next hints of the ,shepherds4 ,i then saw in my dream1 that they went on till they came to a land whose air did tend to make one sleep4 ,and here ,hopeful grew quite dull and nigh fell to sleep3 for which cause he said to ,christian3 ,i do now grow so dull that ,i can scarce hold ope mine eyes2 let us lie down here and take one nap4 ,by no means1 said ,christian1 lest if we sleep we wake not more4 ,hope4--,why1 my friend8 ,sleep is sweet to the man that toils3 it may give us strength if we take a nap4 ,chr4--,do you not know that one of the ,shepherds bid us take heed of the ,enchanted ,ground8 ,he meant by that1 that we should take care and not go to sleep4 ',let us not sleep1 as do some2 but let us watch and be of sound mind4' ,hope4--,i know ,i am in fault2 and1 had not you been with me here1 ,i had gone to sleep and run the risk of death4 ,i see it is true that the wise man saith1 ',two are more good than one4' ,up to this time thou hast been my ruth and thou shalt 'have a good meed for thy pains4' ,illustration3 ,,hopeful ,,tells ,,christian ,,his ,,experience4 ,i saw then in my dream1 that ,hopeful gave a look back1 and saw ,ignorance1 whom they had left in their wake1 come in their track4 ,look1 said he to ,christian1 how far yon youth doth lag in the rear4 ,illustration3 ,come on1 man1 why do you stay back so8 said ,christian4 ,i like to walk alone1 said ,ignorance4--,page #hg4 ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,chr4--,ay1 ay1 ,i see him3 he cares not to be with us4 ,hope4--,but ,i trow it would not have hurt him had he kept pace with us to this time4 ,chr4--,that is true3 but ,i wot he doth not think so4 ,hope4--,that ,i think he doth3 but1 be it so or no1 let us wait for him4 ,so they did4 ,then ,christian did call to him1 ,come you on1 man3 why do you stay back so8 ,ignor4--,i like to walk in this lone way2 ay1 more a great deal than with folk3 that is1 save ,i like them much4 ,then said ,christian to ,hopeful 7but in a soft voice71 ,did ,i not tell you he sought to shirk us8 ,but1 be this as it may1 come up1 and let us talk off the time in this lone place4 ,then1 when he had a long speech with ,ignorance1 ,christian spoke thus to his friend1 ,well1 come1 my good ,hopeful1 ,i see that thou and ,i must walk side by side once more4 ,so ,i saw in my dream1 that they went on fast in front1 and ,ignorance1 he came with lame gait in their track4 ,then said ,christian to his friend1 ,i feel much for this poor man3 it will of a truth go hard with him at last4 ,,chapter ,,xviii4 ,,the ,,land ,,of ,,beulah--,,the ,,fords ,,of ,,the ,,river--,,at ,,home4 ,,now ,i saw in my dream that by this time the wights had got clear of the ,enchanted ,ground1 and had come to the land of ,beulah1 whose air was most sweet3 as the way did lie straight through it1 they took rest there for a while4 ,yea1 here they heard at all times the songs of birds1 and saw each day the plants bud forth in the earth1 and heard the voice of the dove in the land4 ,in this realm the sun shines night and day3 for this was far from the ,vale of the ,shade of ,death1 and1 in like way1 out of the reach of ,giant ,despair2 nor could they from this place so much as see ,doubting ,castle4 ,here they were in sight of the ,city to which they were bound3 here1 too1 met them some of the folk who dwelt there1 for in this land the ,bright ,ones did walk1 for that it was on the verge of bliss4 ,illustration3 ,,christian ,,and ,,hopeful ,,enter ,,the ,,land ,,of ,,beulah4 ,now as they did walk in this land they had more joy than in parts not so nigh the realm to which they were bound3 and as they drew near the ,city they had yet a more clear view of it4 ,it was built of pearls and rare gems3 its streets1 too1 were of gold3 so that1 from the sheen of the place1 and the glow of the sun on it1 ,christian did long so much that he fell sick4 ,hopeful1 in like way1 had a fit or two of the same kind4 ,but when they got some strength1 and could bear their sick state1 they went on their way1 and came near and yet more near where were grounds that bore fruits1 vines1 and plants2 and their gates did ope on the high road4 ,now1 as they came up to these parts1 lo1 the ,gardener stood in the way2 to whom the men said1 ,whose fine vine and fruit grounds are these8 ,he said1 ,they are the ,king's1 and are put there for his own joy1 as well as to cheer such as come this way4 ,so he took them to where the vines grew1 and bid them wet their mouths with the fruit3 he1 too1 did show them there the ,king's walks1 and the shades that he sought3 and here they staid and slept4 ,now ,i saw in my dream that they spoke more in their sleep at this time than erst they did in all their way3 and as ,i did muse on it1 the ,gardener said to me1 ,why dost thou muse at this8 ,it is a charm in the fruit of the grapes of these grounds 'to go down in so sweet a way as to cause the lips of them that sleep to speak4' ,so ,i saw that when they did wake they girt up their loins to go up to the ,city4 ,so as they went on1 there met them two men in robes that shone like gold1 while the face of each was bright as the light4 ,these men did ask them whence they came2 and they told them4 ,they would know1 too1 where they did lodge1 and what straits and risks and joys they had met with in the way2 and they told them4 ,then said the men that met them1 ,you have but two straits more to meet with1 and then you are in the ,city4 ,christian then1 and his friend1 did ask the men to go with them3 so they told them that they would2 but said they1 ,you must gain it by your own faith4 ,so ,i saw in my dream that they went on each with each1 till they came in sight of the gate4 ,now ,i saw still more1 that a stream ran in front of them and the gate2 but there was no bridge to cross1 and the stream was deep4 ,at the sight of this stream1 the wights with staves took fright2 but the men that went with them said1 ,thou must go through1 or thou canst not come at the gate4 ,the wights then sought to know if there was no way but that to the gate4 ,to which they said1 ,yes2 but none1 save two--to wit1 ,enoch and ,elijah--hath been let to tread that path since the world was made1 nor shall till the last trump shall sound4 ,the wights then 7and ,christian in chief7 grew as if they would give up hope1 and did look this way and that1 but no way could be found by which they might get clear of the stream4 ,then they did ask the men if it was all the same depth4 ,they said1 ,no2 yet they could not help them in that case3 for1 said they1 you shall find it more or less deep as you trust in the ,king of the place4 ,then they did wade in the stream1 and as ,christian sank he did cry to his good friend ,hopeful1 and said1 ,i sink4 ,illustration ,then said ,hopeful1 ,be of good cheer1 my friend3 ,i feel the ground1 and it is good4 ,then said ,christian1 ,ah6 my friend1 ,i shall not see the land ,i seek4 ,and with that all grew dark1 and fear fell on ,christian1 so that he could not see in front of him4 ,all the words that he spoke still did tend to show that he had dread of mind and fears of heart that he should die in that stream1 and fail to go in at the gate4 ,hopeful1 from this cause1 had here hard work to hold up the head of his friend2 yea1 at times he would be quite gone down1 and then1 ere a while1 he would rise up once more half dead4 ,hopeful would try to cheer him1 and said1 ,friend1 ,i see the gate1 and men stand by to greet us3 but ,christian would say1 ',tis you1 'tis you they wait for2 you have had hope since the time ,i knew you4 ,then said ,hopeful1 ,these fears and griefs that you go through are no sign that ,god has left you1 but are sent to try you2 if you will call to mind that which of yore you have had from him1 and live on him in your griefs4 ,then ,i saw in my dream that ,christian was in a muse for a while4 ,to whom1 too1 ,hopeful did add these words1 ,be of good cheer1 ,christ doth make thee whole4 ,and with that ,christian brake out with a loud voice1 ,oh1 ,i see ,him once more6 and he tells me1 ',when thou dost pass through the stream1 ,i will be with thee4' ,then they both took heart1 and the foe then grew as still as a stone1 till they were gone through4 ,christian then straight found ground to stand on1 and so it came to pass that the rest of the stream was but of slight depth3 thus they did ford it4 ,now on the bank of the stream1 on the far off side1 they saw the two ,bright ,men once more1 who there did wait for them4 ,when they came out of the stream these did greet them1 and said3 ,we are sprites sent forth to aid them who shall be heirs of ,christ4 ,thus they went on to the gate4 ,now you must note that the ,city stood on a high hill3 but the wights went up that hill with ease1 for that they had these two men to lead them up by the arms3 more than this1 they had left the garb they wore in the stream2 for though they went in with them they came out freed from them4 ,they hence went up here with much speed1 though the rise on which the ,city was built was more high than the clouds4 ,they then went up through the realms of air1 and held sweet talk as they went1 as they felt joy for that they had got safe through the stream1 and had such ,bright ,ones to wait them4 ,the talk that they had with the ,bright ,ones was of the place2 who told them that no words could paint it4 ,you go now1 said they1 to the sphere where ,god dwells1 in which you shall see the ,tree of ,life1 and eat of the fruits of it that fade not3 and when you come there you shall have white robes to wear1 and your walk and talk shall be each day with the ,king1 while time shall be known no more4 ,there you shall not see such things as you saw when low on earth1 to wit1 grief1 pain1 and death2 for these things are gone4 ,you now go to ,abraham1 to ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 and to men that ,god 'took from the woe to come4' ,these men then did ask1 ,what must we do in this pure place8 ,to whom it was said1 ,you must there get the meed of all your toil1 and have joy for all your grief2 you must reap what you have sown1 ay1 the fruit of all your tears and toils for the ,king by the way4 ,in that place you must wear crowns of gold1 and bask for aye in the sight of the ,lord of ,hosts1 for there you 'shall see ,him as he is4' ,there1 too1 you shall serve ,him with praise1 with shouts1 with joy1 whom you sought to serve in the world1 though with much pain1 for that your flesh was weak4 ,there you shall join with your friends once more that are gone there ere you2 and there you shall with joy greet each one that comes in your wake4 ,when the ,king shall come with sound of trump in the clouds1 as on the wings of the wind1 you shall come with ,him2 and1 when ,he shall sit on the ,throne to judge all the realms of the earth1 you shall sit by ,him3 yea1 and when ,he shall pass doom on all that did work ill1 let them be sprites or men1 you shall too have a voice in that doom1 for that they are ,his and your foes4 ,more than this1 when ,he shall go back to the ,city1 you shall go too1 with sound of trump1 and be for aye with ,him4 ,now while they thus drew nigh to the gate1 lo a troop of the ,bright ,host came to meet them2 to whom it was said by the first two ,bright ,ones1 ,these are the men that did love our ,lord1 when they were in the world1 and that have left all for ,his name1 and ,he hath sent us to fetch them1 and we have brought them thus far on their way1 that they may go in and look their ,lord in the face with joy4 ,there came1 too1 at this time to meet them a group of the ,king's men with trumps1 clad in white and sheen robes1 who1 with sweet and loud notes1 made the whole arch of the sky full of the sound4 ,these men did greet ,christian and his friend with much warmth2 and this they did with shouts and sound of trump4 ,illustration3 ',tis you1 'tis you they wait for2 you have had hope since the time ,i knew you4 7,page #ib7 7,the ,pilgrim's ,progress47 ,this done1 they went round them on each side2 some went in front1 some in the rear1 and some on the right hand1 some on the left 7as it were to guard them through the vast realms71 and did sound as they went1 with sweet noise1 in notes on high2 so that the bare sight was to them that could look on it as if all the blest were come down to meet them4 ,thus then did they walk on side by side4 ,and now were these two men1 as it were1 in bliss ere they came at it4 ,here1 too1 they had the ,city in view2 and they thought they heard all the bells in it to ring1 so as to greet them4 ,but1 more than all1 the warm and rare thoughts that they had of the place to which they went1 and of those that dwelt there1 and that for aye2 oh6 by what tongue or pen can such vast joy be told8 ,thus they came up to the gate4 ,then ,i saw in my dream that the ,bright ,men bid them call at the gate3 the which when they did1 some from on high did look down1 to wit1 ,enoch1 ,moses1 and ,elijah1 and so forth1 to whom it was said1 ,these wights are come from the ,city of ,destruction1 for the love that they bear to the ,king of this place2 and then the wights gave in to them each man his roll1 which they had got at first3 those1 then1 were brought in to the ,king1 who1 when he had read them1 said1 ,where are the men8 ,to whom it was told1 ,they are at the porch of the gate4 ,then spoke the ,king1 ,ope the gate1 that the just land that keeps truth may come in4 ,now ,i saw in my dream1 that these two men went in at the gate3 and lo6 as they did so1 a change came on them2 and they had robes put on that shone like gold4 ,there were1 too1 that met them with harps and crowns1 and gave them to them2 the harps to praise with1 the crowns in sign of rank4 ,then ,i heard in my dream that all the bells of the place rang for joy1 and that it was said to them1 ,come ye to the joy of our ,lord4 ,now1 just as the gates did ope to let in the men1 did ,i peer at them1 and lo1 the place shone like the sun3 the streets1 too1 were of gold2 and in them did walk men with crowns on their heads1 palms in their hands1 and gold harps to aid in songs of praise4 ,there were some of them that had wings1 and they sang1 with not a pause1 songs to the ,lamb that was slain6 ,then they shut up the gates2 which when ,i had seen ,i did wish to be with them4 ,now1 while ,i did gaze on all these things1 ,i saw ,ignorance come up to the side of the stream3 but he soon got through1 and that void of half the toil which the two men that ,i of late saw met with4 ,so he did climb the hill to come up to the gate2 but none came with him1 nor did one man meet or greet him4 ,when he was come up to the gate1 he gave a look up at what was writ in front of it1 and then gave a knock4 ,so they told the ,king1 but he would not come down to see him2 but told the two ,bright ,ones1 that led ,christian and ,hopeful to the ,city1 to go out and take ,ignorance1 and bind him hand and foot1 and have him off4 ,then they took him up1 and bore him through the air to the door that ,i saw in the side of the hill1 and put him in there4 ,then ,i saw that there was a way to ,hell1 ay1 from the gates of bliss1 as well as from the ,city of ,destruction6 ,so ,i did wake1 and lo1 it was a dream6 ,,the ,,end4 ,,burt',s ,,series of ,,one ,,syllable ,,books #ad ,titles4 ,handsome ,illuminated ,cloth ,binding4 ,a series of ,classics1 selected specially for young people's reading1 and told in simple language for youngest readers4 ,printed from large type1 with many illustrations4 ,price #fe ,cents per ,volume4 ,aesop's ,fables4 ,retold in words of one syllable for young people4 ,by ,,mary ,,godolphin4 ,with #da illustrations4 ,illuminated cloth4 ,alice's ,adventures in ,wonderland4 ,retold in words of one syllable for young people4 ,by ,,mrs4 ,j4 ,c4 ,,gorham4 ,with many illustrations4 ,illuminated cloth4 ,andersen's ,fairy ,tales4 7,selections47 ,retold in words of one syllable for young people4 ,by ,,harriet ,t4 ,,comstock4 ,with many illustrations4 ,illuminated cloth4 ,bible ,heroes4 ,told in words of one syllable for young people4 ,by ,,harriet ,t4 ,,comstock4 ,with many 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of one syllable for young people4 ,by ,,samuel ,,phillips ,,day4 ,with #bc illustrations4 ,illuminated cloth4 ,robinson ,crusoe4 ,his life and surprising adventures retold in words of one syllable for young people4 ,by ,,mary ,a4 ,,schwacofer4 ,with #cb illustrations4 ,illuminated cloth4 ,sanford and ,merton4 ,retold in words of one syllable for young people4 ,by ,,mary ,,godolphin4 ,with #bj illustrations4 ,illuminated cloth4 ,swiss ,family ,robinson4 ,retold in words of one syllable for young people4 ,adapted from the original4 ,with #cb illustrations4 ,illuminated cloth4 99 99 99 99 99 ,for sale by all booksellers1 or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers1 ,a4 ,l4 ,,burt ,,company1 #aad-abj ,east #bcrd ,street1 ,new ,york4 ,burt's ,one ,syllable ,histories ,a series of ,popular ,histories written in words of ,one ,syllable for young people's reading4 ,bound in handsome cloth binding4 ,covers in ,colors4 ,quarto ,size4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 #ab ,titles4 ,price #a4jj per ,copy4 ,history of the ,united ,states4 ,told ,in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,mrs4 ,,helen ,w4 ,,pierson4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,history of ,england4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,mrs4 ,,helen ,w4 ,,pierson4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,history ,of ,france4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,mrs4 ,,helen ,w4 ,,pierson4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,history of ,germany4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,mrs4 ,,helen ,w4 ,,pierson4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,history of ,russia4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,helen ,,ainslie ,,smith4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,history of ,ireland4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,agnes ,,sadlier4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,history of ,japan4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,helen ,,ainslie ,,smith4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,history of the ,old ,testament4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,josephine ,,pollard4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,history of the ,new ,testament4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,josephine ,,pollard4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,heroes of ,history4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,agnes ,,sadlier4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,battles of ,america4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,josephine ,,pollard4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 ,lives of the ,presidents4 ,told in ,words of ,one ,syllable4 ,by ,,mrs4 ,,helen ,w4 ,,pierson4 ,profusely ,illustrated4 99 99 99 99 99 ,for ,sale by all ,booksellers1 or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers1 ,a4 ,l4 ,,burt ,,company4 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,the original text did not contain a table of contents4 ,one was created by the transcriber to aid the reader4 ,obvious punctuation errors repaired4 ,page #ad1 ,heto changed to ,he to 7,he to whom thou7 ,page #eb1 ,cha4 changed to ,chr4 7,chr4--,they are two7 ,page #gf1 their changed to they 7,so they built there7 ,page #hi1 bonnd changed to bound 7bound3 and as they drew near7