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] do, tbeje, why not kyiow others, and rejoice in their
!i \>lfare alfo ?
/Igain, Since Relations are our fecond felft though
'' it State voill be dijfolved, yet why may it not be rati-
}Uy concluded, thdy we Jhall be more glad to fee them
)ret than to fee they are wanting ?
Valiant. Well, I perceive whereabouts you are as
iq ^this. Have you any more Things to ask me
51 out my beginning to come on Pilgrimage.
Grear-heart. Tesy was your Father and Mother
l'ting that you [hould become a Pilgrim ?
h Valiant. Oh no, they ufed all means imaginable
ptrfwade me to (lay at home.
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Great-heart. JVhat could they fay againJl it ?
Valiant, They (aid it was an idle Life, and if I
bifyfelf were not inclined to Sloth and Lazinefs, I
nl< »uld never countenance a Pilgrim’s Condition.
K Great heart. And what did they fay elfe ?
Valiant. Why, they told me that it was a dange¬
rs Way, yea, the molt dangerous Way in the
j( jOrldf fay they, is that which the Pilgrims go.
sl Great-heart. Did they /hew you wherein this Way
longerons }
Valiant. Yes, and that in many Particulars.
Great-heart. Name fomo of them.
an Valiant. They told me of the Slough of Defpond9
ere Chriftian was well nigh (mothered. They told
4, that there were Archers (landing ready in Bet*
to ub-Caftlet to (hoot them who ihonld knock at the
chyt-Qate for Entrance. The? told me al(o of the
* ~ “ ” Wood,