t$e j&tlgrfm’si $?ogrefss. ijn ‘ :d one greatly, that he found to be a Man of his
ids) and becaufe there were in company them
were Feeble and Weak: Therefore he qoeftion-
with him about many Things; as fir ft, What
* itrey-man he was ?
dliazt. I am of Dark-land, for there I was Born,
there my Father and Mother are ftill.
Ireat-heart. Dark-Land, faith the Guide, doth
that lie on the fame Coafl with the City of De-
£lion ?
’aliattt. Yes It doth. Now that which caufed
to come on Pilgrimage, was this; we had
Ted-true came in our Parts, and he told it about
it Chriflian had done, that went from the City
yfiruElien. Namely, bow he had forfaken his
Ee and Children, and had betaken himfelf to
ilgrim’s Life It was alfo confidently report-
How he had kill’d a Serpent, that did come
to refill him in his Journey, and how he got
°f)Ugh to whither he intended. It was alfo
, what Welcome he had to all his Lord’s Lodg-
;, efpecially when he came to the Gates of the
leftial City: For there, faid the Man, he was
^ived with Sound of Trumpet, by a Company of
ing Ones. He told it alfo, how all the Bells
he City did ring for Joy at his Reception,
what Golden Garments he was cloathed with;
h many other Things that now I fhall forbear to
te. In a Word, that Man fo told *he Story of
i(liant and his Travels, that my Heart fell in-
% burning Heat, to be gone after him; nor
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could