tI)C ptfgtttu'0 p2CSter0. 83
51 ,n, and (hewed himfelf as ftout as Hercules could,
l he been there, even he himfelf. When Ap Alton
01 s beat, he made his retreat to the next Valley,
■h X is called, The Valley ej the-Shadow of Death, un-
• which we (hall come anon.
k ;
Lo, yonder alfo (lands a Monu-
int, on which is engraven this Bat- A Monument
f and Cfaiftiari*s Victory, to his of the B(U-
me throughout all Ages: So, be- tie.
ale it flood juft on the Way-fide
fore them, they ftept to it and read the Writing,
lich, Word for Word was this:
tli
al Hard by here was a Battle fought,
t ft flrangc, and yet mft true ;
Chriftian and Apollyon fought
ch other to fub^ue.
lifl The M*n fo brav ly pTaftd the Man,
made the Fiend to fly :
tf Of which a Monument l ft and,
s fame to teftify.
A Monument
of ChiftianT
Viftery.
I Part, p 97.
■ When they had paflej by this Place, they came
■on the Borders of the Shadow of Death, and this
alley was longer than the ether, a Place alfo moft
angely haunted with evil Things, as many are
lie to teftify : Put thefe Women and Children went
2 better through it, becaufe they had Day-light,
d becaufe Mr Great-heart was their Conductor,
When they were entred upon this
alley, they thought that they heard Gnanings
Groaning, as of dead Men ; a very beard.
eat Groaning. They thought alfo
(at they did hear Words of Lamentation, fpoken as
I fome in extream Torment. Thefe Things made
e Boys to quake, the Women alfo looked pale and
wan ;