CpF 'ssCTbtto • part or _ - That mw he is fo in
the
ror tucy -?.aj
Affe&ions of his Prince, and that
lis Sovereign is fo much concerned
with the indignities that were caft up¬
on Chriftian, when he became a Pilgrim,
that he will look upon all as if done
to himfelf; and no marvel, for ’twas for the Love
that he had to his Prince that he ventured as he did.
¥ Chriftian’r
King will take
ChriftianV
Part,
I dare fay, quoth I, lam glad dn't, /
Luk x. 16. am glad for the poor Man's fake, for that
Rev xiv 15. now he has Reft from hit Labour, and for
pf cxxvi 5,6. that he row reaps the Benefits of his Tears
with “Joy: And for that he is got beyond
the Gun-Jhot of his Enemies, and is out of the Reach of
them that hate him. 1 alfo am glad, for that a Rumour of
thefe Things is noifed abroad in this'Country ; who can tell
but that it may work fomc good EjfeB cn fome that are left
b-.hind ? But, pray Sir, while it is frejh in my Mind, do
you hear any Thing of his Wife and Children ? Poor Hearts p
X wonder in my Mind what they do \
Sag. Who ! Chriftiana and her Sons 1
t Good Tid- fThey are like to do as well as did
ing) of Chri- Chriftian himfelf; for though they all
ftian’r Wife play'd the Fool at firft, and would bv
■ and Children. no Means be perfuaded by either the
Tears or Entreaties - of Chriftian, yet
fecond Thoughts have wrought wonderfully with
them, fo they have pack’d up, and are alfo gone after
him.
Better and better, quoth I, Bat, what? Wife and Chil¬
dren and all?
Sag. ’Tis true, I can give you an Account of the
matter, for I was upon the Spot at the Inftant, and
Was throughly acquainted with the whole Affair.
Then, faid I, may a Man report it for a Truth ?
Sag. You' need not fear to affirm it, I mean, that
they
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