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said, I see clearly that this man is an heretic.' Then said Mr. No-GOOD, Away with such a fellow from 'the earth.'' Ay,' said Mr. MALICE, for I hate the very looks of him.' Then said Mr. LovE-LUST, I could never endure him.' Nor I,' said Mr. LIVE-LOOSE, for he would always be condemning 'my way.' 'Hang him, hang him,' said Mr. HEADY. 'A sorry scrub,' said Mr. HIGH-MIND.

• riseth against him,' said Mr. ENMITY.

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6 rogue,' said Mr. LIAR. Hanging is too good for 6 him,' said Mr. CRUELTY.

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Let us dispatch` him

' out of the way,' said Mr. HATE-LIGHT. Then said Mr. IMPLACABLE, Might I have all the world given me, I could not be reconciled to him: there'fore let us forthwith bring him in guilty of death.' And so they did; therefore he was presently condemned to be had from the place where he was, to the place from whence he came, and there to be put to the most cruel death that could be invented.

They therefore brought him out to do with him according to their law: and first they scourged him, then they buffeted him, then they lanced his flesh with knives; after that they stoned him with stones, then pricked him with their swords; and last of all they burned him to ashes at the stake. Thus came FAITHFUL to his end.

Now I saw that there stood behind the multitude a chariot and a couple of horses waiting for FAITHFUL, who, so soon as his adversaries had dispatched him, was taken up into it, and straightway was carried up through the clouds, with sound of trumpet, the nearest way to

112 CHRISTIAN ESCAPES AND IS JOINED BY HOPEFUL.

the Celestial gate. But, as for CHRISTIAN, he had some respite, and was remanded back to prison; so he there remained for a space: but he that over-rules all things, having the power of their rage in his own hand, so wrought it about that CHRISTIAN for that time escaped them, and went his way.

And as he went he sang, saying,

'Well, FAITHFUL, thou hast faithfully profest
Unto thy LORD, of whom thou shalt be blest,
When faithless ones, with all their vain delight,
Are crying out under their hellish plight:
Sing, FAITHFUL, sing, and let thy name survive,
For though they kill'd thee thou art yet alive.'

Now I saw in my dream that CHRISTIAN went not forth alone; for there was one whose name was HOPEFUL,(being so made by the beholding of CHRISTIAN and FAITHFUL in their words and behaviour in their sufferings at the fair) who joined himself unto him; and, entering into a brotherly covenant, told him that he would be his companion. Thus one died to bear testimony to the truth, and another rises out of his ashes to be a companion with CHRISTIAN in his pilgrimage. This HOPEFUL also told CHRISTIAN that there were many more of the men in the fair that would take their time and follow after.

So I saw that quickly after they were got out of the fair they overtook one that was going before them, whose name was BY-ENDS: so they said to him what countryman, Sir? and how far go you this way? He told them that he came from the town of FAIR

SPEECH, and he was going to the Celestial City, but told them not his name.

From FAIR-SPEECH! said CHRISTIAN: is there any good that lives there'?

Yes, said BY-ENDS, I hope.

Pray, Sir, what may I call you? said CHRISTIAN. Br. I am a stranger to you and you to me: if you be going this way, I shall be glad of your company if not, I must be content.

This town of FAIR-SPEECH, said CHRISTIAN, I have heard of, and, as I remember, they say it is a wealthy place.

Br. Yes, I will assure you that it is; and I have very many rich kindred there.

CHR. Pray who are your kindred there, if a man may be so bold?

By. Almost the whole town: and, in particular, my Lord TURN-ABOUT, my Lord TIME-SERVER, my Lord FAIR-SPEECH, from whose ancestors that town. first took its name: also Mr. SMOOTH-MAN, Mr. FACING-BOTH-WAYS, Mr. ANY-THING; and the parson of our parish, Mr. Two-TONGUES, was my mother's own brother by father's side: and, to tell you the truth, I am become a gentleman of good quality, yet my great grandfather was but a waterman, looking one way and rowing another, and I got most of my estate by the same occupation.

CHR. Are you a married man?

Br. Yes, and my wife is a very virtuous woman, the daughter of a virtuous woman; she was my Lady

Prov. xxvi. 25.

FEIGNING's daughter, therefore she came of a very honourable family, and is arrived to such a pitch of breeding that she knows how to carry it to all, even to prince and peasant. It is true we somewhat differ in religion from those of the stricter sort, yet but in two small points: First, we never strive against wind and tide:-Secondly, we are always most zealous when religion goes in his silver slippers; we love much to walk with him in the street, if the sun shines, and the people applaud him.

Then CHRISTIAN stepped a little aside to his fellow HOPEFUL, saying, It runs in my mind that this is one BY-ENDS OF FAIR-SPEECH; and if it be he, we have as very a knave in our company as dwelleth in all these parts. Then said HOPEFUL, Ask him; methinks he should not be ashamed of his name. So CHRISTIAN came up with him again, and said, Sir, you talk as if you knew something more than all the world doth; and, if I take not my mark amiss, I deem I have half a guess of you: is not your name Mr, BY-ENDS, of FAIR-SPEECH?

By. This is not my name, but indeed it is a nickname that is given me by some that cannot abide me, and I must be content to bear it as a reproach, as other good men have borne their's before me.

CHR. But did you never give occasion to men to call you by this name?

By. Never, never! the worst that ever I did to give them an occasion to give me this name was, that I had always the luck to jump in my judgement with the present way of the times, whatever it was; and

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my chance was to get thereby. But if things are thus cast upon me, let me count them a blessing; but let not the malicious load me therefore with reproach.

CHR. I thought indeed that you were the man that I heard of; and, to tell you what I think, I fear this name belongs to you more properly than you are willing we should think it doth.

Br. Well, if you will thus imagine, I cannot help it: you will find me a fair company-keeper if you will still admit me your associate.

will you

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CHR. If with us you must go against wind and tide; the which, I perceive, is against your opinion you must also own religion in his rags as well as when in his silver slippers; and stand by him too when bound in irons as well as when he walketh the streets with applause.

By. You must not impose, nor lord it over my faith; leave me to my liberty, and let me go with

you.

CHR. Not a step further, unless you will do in what I propound as we.

Then said BY-ENDS, I shall never desert my old principles, since they are harmless and profitable. If I may not go with you I must do as I did before you overtook me, even go by myself, until some overtake me that will be glad of my company.

Now I saw in my dream that CHRISTIAN and HOPEFUL forsook him, and kept their distance before him; but one of them looking back saw three men following Mr. BY-ENDS, and behold as they came up with him he made them a very low congee; and they

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