r ■ - , 7 V, ■ Forget not AUfter Va!iant-for-tne-Trutb,
That Alan cf Courage, tho* a very Youth:
Yell every one his Spirit was fo flout,
f No Man could ever make him face about;
And hew Great Heart and he could not forbear]
But put down Doubting Caftle, flay Defpair.
Overlook, not Ad after Defpondency,
Nor Much afraid his Daughter, tho* they lie
-Under fuch Mantles9 as may make them lool^
(With forne") as if their God had them forfock]
They fiftly went, but fare3 and at the End
Found that the Lord of Pilgrims was their Friend,
When thou haft told the World of all thefe Things,
Then turn about, my Book, and touch thefe String?*
Which, if but touched, will fuch Adufick. make,
They 11 make a Cripple dance, a Giant quake.
Thefe Bjddles that lie couch'd within thy Breaft2
Freely propound, expound l And for the reft
Of thy Adyfterious Lines, let them remain
For thefe whefe nimble Fancies (hall them gain]
Npw may this Little Book a Bleffing he
To thefe that love this Little Book. and me:
And may its Buyer have no Caufe to fay,
„ His Adoney is but loft, or thrown away,
\ Tea, may this Second Pilgrim yield that
As may with each good Pilgrim's Fancy fui*7
And may it feme perfuade that go a ft ray.
To turn their Foot and Heart to the right Way]
Is the Hearty Prayer of
The Author
* John Bunyan. -« 3' • ■ • •. z j..