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t&e ^tlgtfm’0 177 a =ents whereof were That he muft prepare for a Change
f Life, for his Mafter was not ■willing that he fhonld
be fo far from him any longer. At this Mr. S.tandfafl
was put into a Mufe : Nay, faith the M Jfengtr, you
need not doubt of the Truth of my
Meflage ; for here is a Token of Eccl. 11 6.
the Truth thereof, Thy Wheel is He calls for
broken at the Ciflsrn. Then he called M*. Great-
to him Mr. Great-heart, who was heart,
their Guide, and faid unto him, Sir,
although it was not my Hap to be much In £our
good Company in the Days of my Pilgrimage, yet
/ince the Time I knew you, you have been profita¬
ble to me. When I came from Home,
I left behind me a Wife, and five His fieech
fm&ll Children ; let me intreat you, to him.
at your Return, {for I know that you
go and return to your Maftar's Houfe, in Hopes
that 70U may be a Condu&or to more of the Holy
I Pilgrims) that you fend to my Family, and let
i* them be acquainted with all that hath, and /hall
t happen unto me. Tell them more-
a over of my happy Arrival at this
Place, and of the prefcnt late blefTed His Errand
y Condition that 1 am in. Tell them to his Family*
. alfo of Chyiftian and Chrijhana his
3 Wife, and how fire and her Chil-
( dren came after her Husband Tell them alfo of
* what a happy End /lie made, and whether /he is
t gone. 1 have Little or Nothing to fend to my Fa¬
mily, except it be my Prayers and Tears for them;
of which it will fuffice if you acquaint them, if
peradventure they may prevail.
When Mr Standfaft had thus fet Things in Or¬
der; and the Time being come for him to hafte
him away, he alfo went down to the River. Now
there