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FRONTISPIECE. 
 
 Christiana and her children. 
 
THE 
 
 CHILD'S 
 
 PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 PART SECOND. 
 
 CHRISTIANA AND HER CHILDREN. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION. 
 
 No. 821 Chestnut Street. 
 
Filtered according to Act of Congress, in the 
 
 year 1MB, J.v 
 
 JAMES DUNLAP, Trean.. 
 
 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the 
 
 Kastern District of Pennsylvania. 
 
 S. D. Wybth, Stereotypes 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 This little book, Christiana and 
 her Children, has been prepared 
 as a companion volnme to ' ' The 
 Child's Pilgrim's Progress, Part 
 First." 
 
 A mother leading her children 
 through a sinful world up towards 
 Mount Zion presents a picture of 
 touching interest. Our great lim- 
 ner here shows it to us in hallow- 
 ed light reflected from the word 
 of God. 
 
 Christiana's companion Mercy, 
 aiding and comforting her — and, 
 
vi 
 
 "unspotted from the world," 
 walking by her side along the 
 Way of Salvation, is most beauti- 
 ful in conception. As wo gaze 
 upon her thus, — in robes of white, 
 treading the world beneath her 
 feet, her face turned heavenward, 
 — an angel visitant Beems, un- 
 wares, to steal upon our sight, and 
 fix a dwelling place within our 
 hearts. 
 
 s. d. w. 
 
CHRISTIANA 
 
 AND HER CHILDREN. 
 
 COUKTEOUS COMPANIONS, 
 
 To tell my dream some time 
 since, of Christian the Pilgrim, 
 and of his dangerous journey to- 
 wards the Celestial country, was 
 pleasant to me, and I trust profit- 
 able to you. I told you then also 
 concerning his wife and children, 
 and how unwilling they were to 
 go with him on pilgrimage ; so 
 that he was forced to go without 
 them. 
 
 Now it hath so happened, that 
 I have been much hindered and 
 (7) 
 
8 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 kept back from my wonted travels, 
 and could not, till now, make far- 
 ther inquiry after those he left 
 behind. But, having had some 
 concerns that way of late, I went 
 down again thitherwards, and 
 taking up my lodging in a wood 
 about a mile off the place, as 
 as I slept, I dreamed again. 
 
 And in my dream, behold, an 
 aged gentleman came by where I 
 lay ; and methought I got up 
 and went with him. So, as we 
 walked, our talk happened to be 
 about Christian and his travels. 
 
 Sir, said I, what town is that 
 there below, that lieth on the 
 left hand of our way ' 
 
 Then said Mr. Sagacity, for that 
 was his name, It is the city of 
 
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 Destruction, a populous place, 
 but possessed with a very ill-con- 
 ditioned and idle sort of people. 
 
 I thought that was that city, 
 quoth I : I went once through 
 that town ; and know something 
 about it. Pray, sir, did you ever 
 hear what happened to a man 
 some time ago of this town, whose 
 name was Christian, that went on 
 a pilgrimage up towards the higher 
 regions ? 
 
 Sag. Hear of him ! Aye, and I 
 also heard of all he met with on 
 his journey. Besides, I must tell 
 you, our country rings of him ; 
 there are but few but have got the 
 records of his pilgrimage. For 
 though when here he was fool in 
 every man's mouth, yet now he 
 
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 is gone, he is highly commended. 
 ; Tis said he lives bravely where he 
 is : yea, many of them that are 
 resolved never to run his hazards, 
 have their mouths water at his 
 gains. 
 
 They may, quoth I, well think, 
 that he livrth well where he is j 
 fol he now lives at, and in the 
 Fountain of life. But, pray what 
 talk have the people about him ? 
 
 Sag. Talk! the people talk 
 strangely about him: some say 
 he now walks in white ; that he 
 has a ehain of gold about his neok ; 
 that he has a crown of gold, set 
 with pearls, upon his head : others 
 say. that the shining ones, who 
 
 sometimes showed themselves to 
 
 him in Ms journey, are become 
 
HER CHILDREN. 11 
 
 his companions. Besides, that 
 the King of the place where he is 
 has bestowed upon him a very 
 rich and pleasant dwelling, and 
 that He every day eateth and 
 drinketh and walketh and talketh. 
 with him. 
 
 I am glad on't ; quoth I : I am 
 glad for the poor man's sake, for 
 that now he has rest from his labor. 
 I also am glad that these things 
 are noised abroad, for it may work 
 a good effect on some left behind. 
 But pray, sir, while it is fresh in 
 my mind, do you hear any thing 
 of his wife and children ? 
 
 Sag. Who ? Christiana and her 
 gens ? They are like to do as well 
 as Christian did himself ; for 
 though at first they would not be 
 
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 persuaded by tears or entreaties of 
 Christian, yet on second thoughts 
 they have packed up, and are gone 
 after him. 
 
 Better and better, quoth I : hut 
 what, wife and children, and all P 
 
 Sag. It is true : I was upon the 
 spot at the time and know the 
 
 the whole affair. And as we are 
 going some considerable way to- 
 gether, I will give an account of 
 the matter. 
 
 This Christiana — for that was 
 her name from the day that she 
 with her children hetook them- 
 selves to a pilgrim's lift — after her 
 husband was gone over the river, 
 and she could hear of him no 
 more, I egan to he in disl ress. 
 First she had lost her husband : 
 
HER CHILDREN. 
 
 13 
 
 this, therefore, did cost her many 
 a tear. But this was not all ; for 
 upon this came into her mind, by 
 swarms, all her unkind, and un- 
 godly treatment of her dear friend. 
 She was, moreover, much broken 
 with recalling to remembrance 
 his tears, and self-bemoanings, 
 and how she did harden her heart 
 against his entreaties to go with 
 him ; yea, there was not any thing 
 that Christian either said, or did, 
 while that heavy burden did 
 hang on his back, but it returned 
 like a flash of lightning, and rent 
 her heart in sunder ; especially 
 that bitter outcry of his, " What 
 shall I do to be saved ?" did ring 
 in her ears most dolefully. 
 
 Then said she to her children, 
 
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 " Sons, we are all undone. I 
 Lave Binned away your father, 
 and he is gone: he would have 
 had us with him, hut I Mould not 
 g<> myself : I also have hindered 
 you of life." 
 
 With that the hoys fell into 
 tears, and cried out to u r <> after 
 their father. "Oh," said Chris- 
 tian;!. •' that it had been but our 
 lot to go with him ; then had it 
 fared well with us heyond what it 
 is like to do now." 
 
 Then they all wept again, and 
 cried out, in sorrow of heart 
 
 The next night Christiana hail a 
 dream ; and behold, she saw as 
 if a broad parchment was opened 
 in which were recorded the sins 
 of her life ; and her guilt as 
 
HER CHILDREN. 15 
 
 she thought, looked very black 
 upon her. Then she cried out 
 aloud in her sleep, "Lord, have 
 mercy upon me a sinner ! ' ' and 
 the little children heard her. 
 
 After this she thought she saw 
 two very ill-looking ones standing 
 by her bedside, and saying, 
 
 ' ' What shall we do to this wo- 
 man, for she cries out for mercy, 
 waking and sleeping ? if she be suf- 
 fered to go on as she begins, we 
 shall lose her as we have lost her 
 husband. Wherefore we must, by 
 one way or other, seek to take her 
 off from the thoughts of what 
 shall be hereafter, else all the 
 world cannot help but she will be- 
 come a pilgrim." 
 
 Now she awoke trembling, but 
 
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 after ;i while she fell asleep again. 
 And then she thought she saw 
 Christian, her husband, in a place 
 of Miss with a harp in his hand, 
 standing before One that sat on a 
 throne with a rainbow about his 
 head. She saw also, as if he 
 bowed his head with his face to 
 the pared work that was under 
 his Prince's feet, savin.:. "I 
 heartily thank my Lord and King 
 for bringing me into this place." 
 
 Then shouted a company of 
 them that stood round about, and 
 harped with their harps ; but no 
 man living could tell what they 
 said but Christian and his com- 
 panions. 
 
 Next morning, when she was 
 up, had prayed to God, andtalk.nl 
 
HER CHILDREN. 17 
 
 with, her children a while, one 
 knocked hard at the door ; to 
 whom she spoke out, saying, 
 
 " If thou coniest in God's name, 
 come in. 
 
 So he said, ''Amen;" and 
 opened the door, and saluted her 
 with, "Peace he to this house." 
 
 Which when he had done, 
 he said, " Christiana, knowest 
 thou wherefore I am come ?" 
 
 Then she hlushed and trembled ; 
 also her heart began to wax warm 
 with desires to know from whence 
 he came, and what was his errand 
 to her. 
 
 So he said unto her, ' ' My name 
 is Secret ; I dwell with those that 
 are on high. It is talked of where 
 I dwell as if thou hadst a desire 
 
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 to go thither : also there is a re- 
 port that thou art aware of the 
 evil thou hast formerly done to thy 
 husband, in hardening of thy 
 heart against his way, and in 
 keeping of these babes in their 
 ignorance. Christiana, the Merci- 
 ful One hath sent me to tell thee, 
 that he is a God ready to forgive, 
 and that he taketh dettgtyt to 
 multiply the pardon of offences. 
 He also would have thee to know, 
 that he inviteth thee to come into 
 his presence, to liis table, and that 
 he will feed thee with the fat of 
 his honse, and with the heritage 
 of Jacob thy father. 
 
 "There is Christian, thy hus- 
 band that was. irith legions more, 
 his companions, ever beholding 
 
HER CHILDREN. 
 
 19 
 
 The Letter. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 21 
 
 that face that doth minister life 
 to beholders, and they will all be 
 glad when they shall hear the 
 sound of thy feet step oyer thy 
 Father's threshold." 
 
 Christiana at this was greatly 
 abashed in herself, and bowed 
 her head to the ground. 
 
 This visitor proceeded, and said, 
 
 "Christiana, here is also a letter 
 for thee, which I have brought 
 from thy husband's King." 
 
 So she took it, and opened it, 
 but it smelt after the manner of 
 the best perfume. Also it was 
 written in letters of gold. The 
 contents of the letter were these, 
 That the King would have her to 
 do as did Christian her husband ; 
 for that was the way to come to 
 
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 his city, and to dwell in his pre- 
 sence with joy for ever. 
 
 At this the good woman was 
 quite overcome ; so she cried out 
 to her visitor, 
 
 " Sir, will you carry me and my 
 children with you, that ire also 
 may go and worship the King .'"' 
 
 Then said the visitor, 
 
 "Christiana, the bitter is before 
 the sweet. Thou must pass 
 through troubles, as did he that 
 went before thee, to enter this 
 Celestial city. Wherefore I advise 
 thee to do as did Christian thy hus- 
 band, (to to the Wicket-gate yon- 
 der, over the plain, for that stands 
 at the head of the way, up which 
 thou must go ; and I wish thee all 
 good speed. Also I advise that thou 
 
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 put this letter in thy bosom, that 
 thou read therein to thyself and to 
 thy children until you have got it 
 by heart : for it is one of the songs 
 which thou must sing while thou 
 art in this house of thy pilgrim- 
 age. Also this thou must deliver 
 in at the further gate." 
 
 Now I saw in my dream, that 
 this old gentleman, as he told me 
 the story, did himself seem to be 
 greatly affected therewith. He 
 moreover proceeded and said, 
 
 So Christiana called her sons 
 together and told them all that 
 was upon her mind, and of the 
 desire that was in her heart. 
 
 " Come, my children, " said she, 
 ' c let us pack up, and be gone to 
 the gate that leads to the Celestial 
 
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 Country, that we may join your 
 fotker, ami his companions in that 
 blessed land " 
 
 Then did her children burst out 
 into tears, for joy that the heart 
 <>t 'their mother was so inclined. 
 Bo their visitor bid thorn farewell ; 
 and they began to prepare to set 
 out upon their journey. 
 
 But while they were thus en- 
 gaged, two women that wre 
 Christiana's neighbors knooked 
 at her door. To whom she s.iM, 
 
 " If you come in God's name, 
 come in." 
 
 At this the women were stunned, 
 for this kind of language used 
 not to drop from the lips of Chris- 
 tiana. V<-t they came in : and 
 found her preparing to be gone. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 25 
 
 So they began, and said. 
 
 " Neighbor, pray what is your 
 meaning by this?" 
 
 Christiana answered, and said 
 to the eldest, whose name was 
 Mrs. Timorous, 
 
 ' ' I am preparing for a j ourney. ' ' 
 
 This Timorous was daughter to 
 him that met Christian upon the 
 hill of Difficulty, and would have 
 him go back, for fear of the lions. 
 
 Tim. " For what journey, I pray 
 you? 
 
 Chr. " Even to go after my good 
 husband. ' ' And with that she fell 
 a weeping. 
 
 Then Mrs. Timorous began to 
 persuade Christiana against her 
 journey, and told her of all sorts 
 of danger that would befall her 
 
26 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 and her children if she went. But 
 
 it was to no purpose- 
 Then Timorous reviled her, and 
 
 said to her fellow, 
 
 "Come, neighbor Mercy, let us 
 
 leave her, since she scorns our 
 
 counsel and company." 
 
 But Mercy was at a stand, and 
 
 that for a twofold reason ; — 
 
 1. Her yearnings over Chris- 
 tiana. So she said within herself, 
 If my neighbor needs be gone, I 
 will go a little way with her. 
 
 2. Her yearnings over her own 
 soul ; for what Christiana had 
 said had taken some hold upon 
 her mind. Wherefore she Mid 
 within herself again, I will yet 
 have more talk with Christians ; 
 and if I find truth and life in what 
 
HER CHILDREN. 27 
 
 she shall say, I shall also go with 
 her. 
 
 Wherefore Mercy "began thus to 
 reply to her neighbor Timorous : 
 
 " Neighbor, I did indeed come 
 with you to see Christiana this 
 morning ; and, since she is taking 
 her last farewell of the country, 
 I think to walk this sunshiny 
 morning a little with her to help 
 her on her way, ' ' 
 
 But she told her not of her 
 second reason, hut kept it to her- 
 self. 
 
 So Mrs. Timorous returned angry 
 to her house, and Christiana be- 
 took herself to her journey. 
 
 But when Timorous was got 
 home, she sends for some of her 
 neighbors, to wit, Mrs. Bat's-Eyes 
 
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 Mrs. Inconsiderate, Mrs. Light- 
 mind, and Mrs. Know-Nothing. 
 So when they were come to her 
 house, sin- falls to telling of the 
 story of Christiana, and of her 
 intended journey. 
 
 These woman then said many 
 unkind and unlovely things about 
 Christiana and her resolve : — hut 
 Such is the habit of the dwellers 
 
 in the town of Destruction, when 
 any of their number leave them 
 and start on pilgrimage. 
 
 By this time Christiana and her 
 children were gotten on their way, 
 and M rev went along: so as they 
 went Christiana said, '/Mercy, I 
 take tins as an unexpected favor, 
 that thou shouldest accompany 
 me a little in the way.'' 
 
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 Then said young Mercy, for she 
 was but young, "If 1 thought it 
 would be to purpose to go with 
 you, I would never go near the 
 town any more." 
 
 '• Well, Mercy," said Christiana, 
 "cast in thy lot with me. The 
 King, who hath sent for me and 
 my children, is one that delighteth 
 in mercy. If thou wilt, I will 
 hire thee, yet we will have all 
 things in common ; only go along 
 with me. 
 
 Mer. " But how shall I he cer- 
 tain I shall be entertained ? Had 
 I this hope from one that can tell, 
 I would go, being helped by Him 
 that can help, though the way 
 was never so tedious." 
 
 Chr. "I will tell thee what 
 
30 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 thou shalt do : go with me to the 
 Wicket- gate, and if there thou 
 shalt not meet with encourage- 
 ment, I will be content that thou 
 again return. 
 
 Mer. "Then will I go thither, 
 and will take what shall follow. 
 The Lord grant that the King of 
 heaven shall hare his heart upon 
 me . ' ' 
 
 Tlon was Christiana glad, not 
 only that she had a companion, 
 hut that she had prevailed with 
 this poor maid to fall ill love with 
 her own salvation. So they went 
 on together, and Mercy began to 
 weep. 
 
 Then said Christiana, 
 
 "Wherefore weepeth my sister 
 
 30?" 
 
31 
 
 "Alas," said she, "who can 
 but lament, that thinks of the sad 
 condition my relations are in, that 
 remain in our sinful town ? They 
 have no instructor, nor any to tell 
 them what is to come." 
 
 Chr. "Pity becomes pilgrims; 
 and thou dost weep for thy friends 
 as good Christian did for me. I 
 hope, Mercy, that these tears of 
 thine will not be lost." 
 
 Then said Mercy, 
 
 " Let the most blessed be my guide, 
 
 If it be his blessed will, 
 Unto his gate, into his fold, 
 
 Up to his holy hill. 
 
 And let him never suffer mo 
 
 To swerve, or turn aside 
 From his free grace and holy ways. 
 
 Whatc'er shall me botide. 
 
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 And let him gather them of mine 
 
 That I have left behind ; 
 Lord, make them pruy they may he thiue 
 
 With all their heart ami mind." 
 
 Now my old friend proceeded, 
 
 and said, When Christiana and 
 
 her sons came to tho Slough of 
 
 ad, thoy made a stand. But 
 
 Mercy said, 
 
 " Come let us venture ; only 
 let us be wary." 
 
 Then they looked well to their 
 steps, and made a shift to get 
 staggering over. Yet Christiana 
 had like to have been in, and th;it 
 nnt onoe <>r twice. 
 
 Now they had no sooner got 
 over, but they thought they beard 
 words that said unto them, 
 "Blessed is she that belie Yeth: 
 
HER CHILDREN. 33 
 
 for there shall be a performance 
 of those things which were told 
 her from the Lord." 
 
 Then they went on again ; and 
 Mercy said to Christiana, 
 
 " Had I as good ground to hope 
 for a loving reception at the wick- 
 et-gate as you, I think no Slough 
 of Despond would discourage 
 me." 
 
 " Well, " said the other, "you 
 know your trouble, and I know 
 mine, and, good friend, we shall all 
 have enough evil before we come to 
 our journey's end." 
 
 And now Mr. Sagacity left me to 
 dream out my dream by myself. 
 
 Wherefore, methought I saw 
 Christiana and Mercy, and the 
 boys, go all of them up to the 
 
34 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 gate. And Christiana, being the 
 eldest, began to knock, and 
 knock, and knocked again. But 
 Instead of any that answered, a 
 great dog came barking upon 
 them; and this made the women 
 and children afraid; nor durst 
 they for a while to knock any 
 more, for fear the mastiff should 
 fly upon them. 
 
 Now, therefore, they were 
 greatly troubled, and knew not 
 what to do. At last they re- 
 solved to knock again, and 
 knocked more vehemently than 
 at first. 
 
 Then said the keeper of the gate, 
 
 "Who is there?" 
 
 So the dog Left Off to bark, and 
 he opened unto them. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 35 
 
 Then Christiana made low 
 obeisance, and said, 
 
 "Let not our Lord be offended 
 with his hand-maidens, for that 
 we have knocked at his princely 
 gate." 
 
 Then said the keeper, 
 
 • • Whence come ye ? And what 
 is it that you would have?" 
 
 Christiana answered, 
 
 " We are come from whence 
 Christian did come, and upon the 
 same errand. And I, my Lord, am 
 Christiana, once the wife of Chris- 
 tian, that now is gotten above." 
 
 W T ith that the keeper of the gate 
 did marvel, saying, 
 
 ' ' What, is she now become a 
 pilgrim, that but a while ago ab- 
 horred that life ?" 
 
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 Then she bowed her head, and 
 I. 
 
 "Yea; and so are these my 
 sweet babes also," 
 
 Thm he took her by the hand 
 and led her in, and said also. 
 
 " Sufferthe little children tooome 
 unto me; n and with that tie 
 shut to the gate. 
 
 This done, he called to a trum- 
 peterthat was above, over the gate 
 to entertain Christiana with shou- 
 ting, and the sound of trumpet, 
 fur joy. So in- obeyed, and soun- 
 ded, and tilled the air with his 
 melodious notes. 
 
 Now all this while pOOT Mercy 
 
 did stand without, trembling. Hut 
 
 when Christiana had got admit- 
 
 . herself and her bora, then 
 
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 she began to make intercession for 
 Mercy. 
 
 And she said, "My Lord, I have 
 a companion that stands without. 
 She is much dejected for she comes 
 as she thinks, without sending for, 
 whereas I was sent for by my hus- 
 band's King to come." 
 
 Now Mercy began to be very 
 impatient, and she knocked at the 
 gate so loud that she made Chris- 
 tiana start. 
 
 Then said the keeper of the 
 gate, 
 
 "Who is there?" 
 
 And Christiana said, 
 
 "It is my friend." 
 
 So he opened the gate and look- 
 ed out, but Mercy was fallen 
 down without in a swoon. 
 
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 Then he took her by the hand, 
 and said, 
 
 " Damsel, I hid thee arise. Fear 
 not, hut stand upon thy feet, and 
 tell me wherefore thou art come." 
 
 Mer. "lam come for that unto 
 which I was never invited, as my 
 friend Christiana was. Wherefore I 
 fear I presume with her . If the n i 
 is grace and forgiveness of sins to 
 spare, I beseech thy poor hand- 
 maid may he a partaker thereof." 
 
 Then he took her again by the 
 hand, and led her gently in, and 
 said, " I pray for all them that 
 believe on me, by what means so- 
 ever they come unto me." 
 
 Then said he to those that stood 
 
 by, 
 
 " Fetch something and give it 
 
HER CHILDREN. 39 
 
 to Mercy to smell, thereby to stay 
 her faintings;" so they fetched 
 her a bundle of myrrh, and a 
 while after she was revived. 
 
 And now were Christiana and 
 her boys, and Mercy, received of 
 the Lord at the head of the way, 
 and spoken kindly unto by him. 
 
 Ho also took them up to the top 
 of the gate, and showed them by 
 what deed they were saved ; and 
 told them that that sight they 
 would have again as they went 
 along in the way, to their comfort. 
 
 So he left them a while in a 
 summer parlor below, where they 
 entered into some talk by them- 
 selves ; and thus Christiana began, 
 
 1 • how glad am I that we are 
 got in hither ! ' ' 
 
40 CURISTIANA AND 
 
 Mi r. " So you w.dl may ; but I 
 of all, have cause to leap Got 
 joy." 
 
 They then told each other of 
 the fears they bad of being turned 
 away from the gate before it was 
 opened to them ; and also how 
 alarmed they were at the barking 
 uf the dog. Then Mercy - id she 
 would ask the good Keeper the 
 next time he rami' down why he 
 kept siu-h a cur in his yard. 
 
 "Do so," said the children, 
 "and persuade hhn to hang him ; 
 for we are afraid he will bite us 
 wheu we go ben 
 
 So at last he came down to them 
 again, and Bleroy fall to the ground 
 on her face before him, and wor- 
 shipped. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 41 
 
 So he said unto her, ' ' Peace be 
 to thee ; stand up. ' ' 
 
 But she continued upon her 
 face, and said, " 'Righteous art 
 thou, Lord, when I plead with 
 thee ; yet let me talk with thee 
 of thy judgments.' Wherefore 
 dost thou keep so cruel a dog in 
 thy yard, at the sight of which, 
 women and children are ready to 
 fly from thy gate for fear ?" 
 
 He answered and said, ' ' That 
 dog has another owner ; and is 
 kept in another man' s ground. My 
 pilgrims hear only his barking ; 
 he belongs to the castle there at a 
 distance, and has frightened many 
 a pilgrim. Indeed, he tbat owneth 
 him doth keep him to prevent pil- 
 grims from coming to me. Some- 
 
42 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 times he has hroken out, and 
 worried some that I love. I ; but I 
 also give my pilgrim- timely kelp, 
 so that they are not delivered to 
 his power. But, my purchased 
 one, the beggars that u r o from 
 door to door, will rather than lose 
 a supposed alias, run the hazard 
 of a dog ; and shall a dog 
 any from coming to me .' I deliver 
 them from the lions, and my dar- 
 ling from the power of the dog." 
 
 Then said Men v. 
 
 "I confess my ignorance; I 
 spoke what I understood not ; I 
 acknowledge that thou doest all 
 things well." 
 
 Then Christiana began to talk of 
 their journey, and to inquire after 
 the way. So he fed them, and 
 
HER CHILDREN. 43 
 
 washed their feet, and set them 
 in the way, according as he had 
 dealt with her husband before. 
 
 So I saw in my dream, that 
 they walked on their way, and 
 had the weather very comfortable 
 to them. 
 
 Now there was on the other side 
 of the wall that fenced in the way, 
 a garden, that belonged to him 
 who owned the dog. And some of 
 the fruit-trees shot their branches 
 over the wall. Christiana's boys, 
 as boys are apt to do, being pleased 
 with the fruit thereon, did pluck 
 of them, and began to eat. Their 
 mother did also chide them for so 
 doing, but still the boys went on. 
 
 " Well, " said she, " my sons, 
 you transgress, for that fruit is 
 
44 CaiUSTIANA AND 
 
 none of ours;" bat she did not 
 know that it belonged to the en- 
 emy. I'll warrant yoo, if ihfl had. 
 she would have been ready to die 
 for tear. But that passed, and 
 they went on their way. 
 
 Now, hy that they were gone 
 ahout two bow-shots from the 
 place that led them into the way, 
 they espied two very ill-favored 
 onrs coming down apaoe to meet 
 fch< in. With that, Christiana and 
 Mercy coveted themselves with 
 
 their veils, and so kept on their 
 
 journey: the children also went 
 on he tore ; so that at last they met 
 together. 
 
 Then these two ill-favored ones 
 
 made as though they would 
 embrace Christiana and Mercy. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 45 
 
 They, filled with fear, shrieked 
 out, Murder! Murder! The chil- 
 dren also stood by cryiug. 
 
 Now they being not far from 
 the gate their cry was heard : 
 wherefore some of the house came 
 out, and knowing that it was 
 Christiana's voice, made haste to 
 their relief. Then did the ruf- 
 fians make their escape over the 
 wall into the garden ; so the dog 
 became their protector. This Re- 
 liever then came up to the wo- 
 men, and asked them how they did. 
 
 So, after a few more words, he 
 raid as followeth : 
 
 "I marvelled much, when you 
 were entertained at the gate, that 
 you petitioned not the Lord for a 
 conductor." 
 
46 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 "Alas," Bald Christiana, M we 
 were so taken with our present 
 blessing, that dangers to come 
 were forgotten by us. Shall we 
 go back again to my Lord, and 
 confess our folly, and ask one ?" 
 "Togo back again, you need not, 
 for in every one of my Lord's lodg- 
 ings, there is sufficient to furnish 
 pilgrims against all attempts 
 whatsoever. But, as I said, 'lb- 
 will be inquired of by them, to do 
 it for them.' " 
 
 When he had thus said, he 
 went back to his place, and the 
 pilgrims went on their way. 
 
 Then said Mercy, 
 
 " What a sudden blankishere ! 
 I thought we had been past all 
 danger." 
 
HER CHILDREN. 47 
 
 "Thy innocency, my sister," 
 said Christiana to Mercy, "may 
 excuse thee ; hut my fault is so 
 much the greater, for that I saw 
 this danger before I came. I am 
 much to be blamed." 
 
 Then she told Mercy of her 
 dream of the two ill-favored ones 
 and said it should have taught 
 her to take heed, and have pro- 
 vided when provision might have 
 been had. 
 
 Thus as they talked away a little 
 more time, they drew near to the 
 house of the Interpreter ; and 
 when they came to the door, they 
 heard, as they thought, Christiana 
 mentioned by name ; therefore 
 they stood still for a while. At 
 last Christiana knocked. Then 
 
40 CHRISTIANA A>T< 
 
 there oame to the door a yoimg 
 damsel, who .1- k. •. i. 
 
 " With whom would you s^eak 
 in this j. lac- .'" 
 
 Christiana ansv, 
 
 " We understand this is a privi- 
 Leged place for pilgrims, and we are 
 
 such : wherefore we pray that wo 
 may be partakers of tliat for which 
 we are come; the day, as thou 
 st'.-st. is very far spent, and we 
 art- loath to-night to go any fur- 
 ther." 
 
 I )am. " Pray, what may I call 
 your nam*-, that I may tell it to 
 my Lord within ?" 
 
 " My name is Christiana : I was 
 
 the wiic of that pilgrim that soma 
 
 Tears ago did travel this way. and 
 these he his four children. This 
 
HER CHILDREN. 49 
 
 maiden also is my companion, and 
 is going on pilgrimage too." 
 
 Then Innocent, for that was her 
 name, ran in, and said to those 
 within, 
 
 " Can you think who is at the 
 door ? There is Christiana and 
 her children, and her companion, 
 all waiting for entertainment 
 here." 
 
 Then they leaped for joy, and 
 went and told their master. 
 
 So he came to the door, and 
 looking upon her, he said, 
 
 "Art thou Christiana? whom 
 Christian the good man left behind 
 him when he betook himself to a 
 pilgrim's life ?" 
 
 Chr. "lam that woman that 
 was so hard-hearted and these are 
 4 
 
50 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 his four children ; but now I also 
 am come," 
 
 Inter. " But why standest thou 
 thus at the door ? Come in, thou 
 daughter of Abraham. Come, 
 children, come in ; come, maiden, 
 come in." 
 
 So he took them all into the 
 house. 
 
 Then were they bidden to sit 
 down and rest. They of th»' house 
 all smiled for joy that Christiana 
 was become a pilgrim. They 
 looked well pleased upon the boys, 
 and took them kindly by the hand 
 and also behaved lovingly to 
 Mercy. 
 
 After a while, because supper 
 was not ready, the Interpreter 
 took them into his Significant 
 
HER CHILDREN. 51 
 
 The man with a muck-rake. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 53 
 
 Rooms, and showed them what 
 Christian, Christiana's husband 
 had seen some time before. 
 
 This done, and after those 
 things had been somewhat digest- 
 ed, the Interpreter takes them 
 again into a room where was a man 
 that could look no way but down- 
 wards, with a muck-rake in his 
 hand. There stood also one over 
 his head with a celestial crown in 
 his hand, and proffered him that 
 crown for his muck-rake ; but the 
 man did neither look up nor re- 
 gard, but raked to himself the 
 straws, the small sticks, and dust 
 of the floor. 
 
 Then said Christiana, "I per- 
 suade myself that I know some- 
 what the meaning of this ; for 
 
54 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 this la the figure of B man of tins 
 world : la it not, goo I 
 
 "Thou hast said right," said 
 
 he : "and his muck-rake doth 
 show his carnal mind. Straws 
 
 and sticks and dnst, with most, are 
 the greal things looked aft 
 
 With that Christiana and Mercy 
 wept, and Bald, 
 
 " It is. alas, too ti . 
 
 Th«> interpreter then showed 
 them Into the very besl room in 
 the house and ba le them Lo >k 
 
 round and sec if they could And 
 
 any thing profitable (here. 
 
 Then they looked round and 
 
 round ; for there was nothing to 
 
 d but ;i very greal Bpider on 
 
 the wall, and that they over- 
 looked. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 55 
 
 Then said Mercy, 
 
 " Sir, I see nothing ;" but 
 Christiana held her peace. 
 
 "But," said the Interpreter, 
 "look again." 
 
 She therefore looked again, and 
 said, 
 
 " Here is not any thing but an 
 ugly spider, who hangs by the 
 hands upon the wall." 
 
 Then again said he, 
 
 "Is there but one spider in all 
 this spacious room?" 
 
 Then the water stood in Chris- 
 tiana's eyes, for she was quick of 
 apprehension ; and she said, 
 
 ' ' Yea Lord, there are more here 
 than one ; yea, and spiders whose 
 venom is far more destructive 
 than that which is in her. ' ' 
 
56 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 The Interpreter then looked 
 pleasantly on her. and said, 
 "Thou hast said the truth." 
 This made Mercy to blush, and 
 the boys to cover their facet ; for 
 they all began now to understand 
 the riddle. 
 Then said the Interpreter again, 
 " 'The spider taketh hold with 
 her 1 lands,' as you Bee, ' and is in 
 kings 1 palaces.' And wherefore 
 18 this recorded, but to show you 
 that how full of the venom of sin 
 tOOYer you be, yet you may, by 
 the hand of faith, lay hold Of and 
 dwell in the beat room that belongs 
 to the King's house above ?" 
 
 He took thfin then into another 
 room where were a ben and ohiok- 
 ena, and bid them observe a while. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 57 
 
 So one of the chickens went to the 
 trough to drink, and every time 
 she drank she lifted up her head 
 and her eyes towards heaven. 
 
 1 ' See, ' ' said he, ' ' what this 
 little chick doth, and learn of her 
 to acknowledge whence your mer- 
 cies come hy receiving them with 
 looking up." 
 
 Then said Christiana, ' ' Pray, 
 sir, let us see some more." 
 
 So he led them into the slaugh- 
 ter-house, where was a butcher 
 killing a sheep ; and behold, the 
 sheep was quiet, and took her 
 death patiently. 
 
 Then said the Interpreter, 
 
 " You must learn of this sheep 
 to suffer, and to put up with 
 wrongs without murmurings and 
 
58 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 complaints. Behold how quietly 
 she takes her death, and without 
 objecting, she Buffereth her skin 
 to be pulled over her cars. Your 
 King doth call you his sheep." 
 
 After this he led them into his 
 garden, where was a great variety 
 of flowers ; and he said, 
 
 11 Do you see all these ?" 
 
 So Christiana said, " Yes." 
 
 Then said he again, 
 
 " Behold, the llowers are diverse 
 in stature, in quality, and color, 
 and smell, and virtue ; and some 
 are better than others ; rIbo, 
 where the gardener hath set them 
 there they stand, and quarrel not 
 one with another." 
 
 Again, he led them into his 
 field which he had sown with 
 
HER CHILDREN. 59 
 
 wheat and corn : but when they 
 beheld, the tops of all were cut off, 
 and only the straw remained. 
 
 He said again, 
 
 "This ground was dunged and 
 ploughed and sown, but what 
 shall we do with the crop ?" 
 
 Then said Christiana, 
 
 " Burn some, and make muck 
 of the rest." 
 
 Then said the Interpreter again, 
 
 ' ' Fruit, you see, is that thing 
 you look for ; beware that in this 
 you condemn not yourselves." 
 
 Then, as they were coming in 
 from abroad, they espied a little 
 robin with a great spider in his 
 mouth. 
 
 So the Interpreter said, " Look 
 here." 
 
60 CHRISTIANA AM» 
 
 So they looked, and Meroy won- 
 dered, but Christiana Mid, 
 
 "What a disparagement is it to 
 such a pretty Little bird as the 
 robin-redbreast ; 1 thoughl they 
 lived upon crumbs of bread, or 
 upon other inch harmless mat* 
 ter : [ like him worse than I did." 
 
 The Interpreter replied, 
 
 '• This robin is an emblem, very 
 like some professors ; to sight 
 they are, as h»> is, pretty of 
 note, oolor, and carriage. Bnt 
 
 Like him they catch and gobble 
 
 up spiders, change their <li<'t, 
 
 drink Iniquity, and swallow down 
 sin like water." 
 
 Bo, when they were come into 
 the honse, as Bupper was not yet 
 ready, Christiana again desired 
 
HER CHILDREN. 61 
 
 that the Interpreter would show 
 or tell them some other things, to 
 which he assented, and discours- 
 ed, profitably to them for some 
 time. 
 
 When he had done, he took 
 them out into his garden again, 
 to a tree whose inside was all rot- 
 ten and gone, and yet it grew and 
 had leaves. 
 
 Then said Mercy, 
 
 11 What means this ?" 
 
 "This tree," said he, "is like 
 many that are in the garden of 
 God ; whose leaves are fair, but 
 their heart good for nothing." 
 
 Now supper was ready : so they 
 sat down, and did eat, when one 
 had given thanks. And as the 
 Interpreter did usually entertain 
 
62 CnRISTIANA AND 
 
 with mnsio at meals, the min- 
 Btrels played. There wu also 
 
 one that did sing, and a very fine 
 
 voice he had. 
 
 When the song and music were 
 ended, the Interpreter asked 
 Christiana what it was that at 
 first did move her to a pilgrim's 
 life. 
 
 Christiana then told him all 
 the Lord had done for her, and the 
 trials she had met with, up 
 to the present time. When she 
 had finished he said kindly, 
 
 "Thy beginning is good; thy 
 latter end shall greatly increase." 
 
 So he addressed himself to 
 Mercy, and said nnto her, 
 
 "And what moved thee to come 
 hither, sweet heart?" 
 
HER CHILDREN. 63 
 
 Then Mercy blushed and trem- 
 bled, and for a while continued 
 silent. 
 
 Then said he, ' ' Be not afraid ; 
 only believe, and speak thy mind. ' ' 
 
 So she began and said, 
 
 ' ' Truly, sir, my want of expe- 
 rience makes me silent, and also 
 fills me with fears of coming short 
 at last. I cannot tell of visions 
 and dreams, as my friend Chris- 
 tiana can ; nor mourn for my re- 
 fusing the counsel of those that 
 were good relations." 
 
 Inter. "What is it, then, dear 
 heart, that hath prevailed with 
 thee to do as thou hast done ?" 
 
 Mer. "Why, when our friend 
 here was packing up to be gone, 
 I and another went to see her. 
 
64 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 She told us she was pout for to go 
 to her husband ; and how sh-' had 
 Been him in i dream, dwelling 
 among immortals, wearing a 
 crown, and Binging praises t<> his 
 Prince, for bringing him thither. 
 Now, while she was telling these 
 things, my heart burned within 
 me. And I thought, If this be 
 true, I will leave my Esther and 
 my mother, and the land <>f my 
 nativity, and will go, if I may, 
 along with Christiana. So I 
 asked her further of the troth of 
 these things, and came with her 
 with a heavy heart for that so 
 many of my relations wore left 
 behind. And I will go, if I may. 
 With Christiana, onto her hushand 
 and his King.' 1 
 
HER CHILDREN. 65 
 
 Inter. " Thy setting out is good ; 
 thou art as Ruth, who for the 
 love she bare Naomi and the Lord 
 her God, left father and mother, 
 the land of her nativity, and her 
 people. ' The Lord recompense 
 thy work, and a full reward be 
 given thee of the Lord God of 
 Israel, under whose wings thou 
 art come to trust.' " 
 
 Now supper was ended, and 
 preparation made for bed ; Chris- 
 tiana and Mercy were laid singly 
 alone, and the boys by them- 
 selves. 
 
 Now when Mercy was in bed, 
 she could not sleep for joy, for 
 now her doubts of missing at last 
 were removed further from her 
 than ever they were before. So 
 
66 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 she lay blessing and praising God, 
 who had such favor for her. 
 
 In the morning they arose with 
 the sun, and prepared themselves 
 for their departure ; but the In- 
 terpreter would have them tarry a 
 while; "For," said he, "you 
 must go orderly from hence." 
 
 Then said he to the damsel 
 Innocence, "Take them and lead 
 them into the garden to the bath 
 and there wash them and make 
 them clean from the soil which 
 they have gathered by travelling." 
 
 Then Innocent took them into 
 the garden, and brought them to 
 the bath of Sanctification. Then 
 they went in and washed ; and 
 came out of that bath not only 
 sweet and clean but also enliven- 
 
HER CHILDREN. 67 
 
 Bath of Sanctification. 
 
HER CHILDREN'. t>\) 
 
 ed and strengthened. So when 
 they came in they looked fairer a 
 deal than when they went out to 
 the washing. 
 
 Then the Interpreter took them 
 and looked upon them, and said 
 unto them, ' ' Fair as the moon. ' ' So 
 he called for a seal and when it 
 was brought, set his mark upon 
 them, that they might be known 
 in the places whither they were 
 yet to go. This seal also added to 
 their beauty, and made their coun- 
 tenances more like those of angels. 
 
 Then said he to Innocence, 
 
 ' ' Go into the vestry, and fetch 
 out garments for these people." 
 
 So she went and fetched out 
 white raiment, and laid it down 
 before him: so he commanded 
 
70 CHRI8TIANA AND 
 
 them to put it on : it was fine 
 liiii-ii, \vhit<- and clean. 
 
 When the women were thus 
 adorned, they Beemed to be a ter- 
 ror one to the other ; for that they 
 could not B06 that glory each one 
 had in herself, which they could 
 see in each other. Now therefore 
 they began to esteem each other 
 better than themselves. The chil- 
 dren also stood amazed, to Bee Into 
 what fashion they were brought. 
 
 The Interpreter then called for 
 a man-servant of his, one Great- 
 Heart, and bade him take a sword 
 and helmet, and shield ; and, 
 
 "Take these my daughters, ' ' said 
 he, "conduct them to the house 
 called Beautiful, at which place 
 they will rest next." 
 
HER CHILDREN. 71 
 
 So he took his weapons, and 
 went before them ; and the Inter- 
 preter said, God-speed. The fami- 
 ly also sent them away with many 
 a good wish. Thus they started 
 again on their way, sometimes 
 singing as they went. 
 
 So they went on until they came 
 to the place where Christian's 
 burden fell off his back. Here 
 then they made a pause ; here 
 also they blessed God. 
 
 "Now," said Christiana, " it 
 comes to my mind that it was 
 said to us at the gate, that we 
 should have pardon by word and 
 by deed. What the promise is, of 
 that I know something ; but what 
 it is to have pardon by deed, or 
 in the way that it was obtained, 
 
72 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 Mr. Great-Heart, I suppose you 
 know ; wherefore if you please, 
 let us hear your discourse thereon. 
 
 Then did Mr Great-heart open 
 lovingly to them the glorious 
 doctrine of justification by Christ, 
 so that tln-ir hearts were stirred 
 within them, with increased lore 
 to Him who had bought them 
 with Ins precious blood. 
 
 Christiana at last broke out : — 
 "True, methinka it makes 
 my heart bleed to think that He 
 should bleed for me. Oh, thou 
 loving One ; Oh, thou blessed 
 One ! Thou deservest to have 
 me : thou hast bought me. Thou 
 deservest to have me all : thou 
 hast paid for me ten thousand 
 times more than I am worth. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 73 
 
 Oh, Mercy, that thy father and 
 mother were here ; yea, and Mrs. 
 Timorous and Madam Wanton 
 too. Surely, surely, their hearts 
 would he affected ; nor could they 
 refuse to "become pilgrims." 
 
 Now I saw in my dream, that 
 they went on until they came to 
 the place where Simple, Sloth and 
 Presumption, lay asleep, when 
 Christiana went by, and behold, 
 they were hanged up in irons a 
 little way off on the other side, 
 for a caution to other had men. 
 
 Then they went on till they came 
 to the foot of the hill Difficulty ; 
 here Mr. Great-Heart took occa- 
 sion to tell them what happened 
 there when Christian went hy. So 
 he had them first to the spring. 
 
74 CI1RISTIANA AND 
 
 Next he showed them the two 
 by ways at the foot of the hill, 
 where Formality and Bypoorisy 
 lost themselves. And, Bald ho, 
 these are dangerous paths, and 
 although, you Bee, these ways are 
 since stopped up with chains, 
 posts, and a ditch, yet there are 
 those that will choose to adven- 
 ture here, rather than take the 
 pains to go up this hill. 
 
 Then they Bet forward, and be- 
 gan to go up the hill. But before 
 they got to the top, Christiana be- 
 gan to pant, ami said, "I dare. 
 say this is a breathing hill ; no 
 marvel if they that low tin ir Base 
 more than their souls choose to 
 themselves a smoother way." 
 
 Then said Mercy, ' ' I must sit 
 
HER CHILDREN. 75 
 
 down : ' ' also the least of the chil- 
 dren began to cry. 
 
 "Come, come," said Great- 
 heart, ' ' sit not down here ; for a 
 little above is the Prince's arbor." 
 
 Then he took the little boy by 
 the hand, and led him up thereto. 
 
 "When they were come to the 
 arbor, they were very willing to 
 sit down. 
 
 Then said Mercy, 
 
 "How sweet is rest to them 
 that labor ; and how good is the 
 Prince of pilgrims to provide such 
 resting-places for them I" 
 
 Then said Mr. Great-Heart to 
 the little ones, 
 
 "Come, my pretty boys, how 
 do you do ? What think you now 
 of going on pilgrimage ?" 
 
76 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 "Sir," sai'l the least, "I was 
 almost beat out of heart ; bat I 
 thank you for Lending me ;i hand 
 at my need. And I remember 
 now what my mother hath t<>M 
 me, namely, thai the way to hea- 
 ven is ai a ladder, and the way to 
 
 hell is as down a hill. Hut I had 
 
 rather go up the ladder to life, 
 than down the hill to death." 
 
 Then said Mercy, 
 
 '• I'.ut the proverb is, 'To go 
 down tlie hill is easy.' " 
 
 But James said, for that was 
 his name, "The day is coming 
 wlieii, in my opinion, going down 
 the hill will he the hardest of all."' 
 
 " 'Tis a good boy," said his 
 master; "thou hast given her a 
 right answer. - ' 
 
HER CHILDREN. 77 
 
 Then Mercy smiled, but the 
 little boy did blush. 
 
 " Come," said Christiana, "will 
 you eat a bit while you sit here to 
 rest ? for I have a piece of pome- 
 granate which Mr. Interpreter put 
 into my hand when I came out of 
 his door ; he give me also a piece 
 of honey-comb, and a bottle of 
 wine." Then she gave to them, 
 and they did eat, both Mercy and 
 the boys. 
 
 And said Christiana to Mr. 
 Great-Heart, 
 
 " Sir, will you do as we do ?" 
 
 But he answered, " You are go- 
 ing on pilgrimage, and presently 
 I shall return; much good may 
 what you have do you : at home 
 I eat the same every day." 
 
78 CHRISTIANA AffD 
 
 Now when they had eaten and 
 drank, and talk. -a a little longer, 
 their guide said to them, 
 
 "The day wears away; if you 
 think good, let us prepare to he 
 going." So they got up to go, 
 and the little hoys went before ; 
 but Christiana forgot her bottle, 
 so she sent her little boy back to 
 fetch it. 
 
 Then said Mercy, 
 
 11 1 think this is a losing plMM : 
 here Christian lost his roll, and 
 here Christiana her bottle. Sir, 
 what is the cause of this?" 
 
 So their guide made answer, 
 
 "The cause is sleep, or forget- 
 fulness. Pilgrims should watch, 
 under their greatest enjoyments : 
 but for want of doing so, often- 
 
HER CHILDREN. 79 
 
 times their rejoicing ends in tears, 
 and their sunshine in a cloud." 
 
 When they come to the place 
 where Mistrust and Timorous met 
 Christian, to persuade him to go 
 hack for fear of the lions, they 
 saw a stage erected, with verses 
 written thereon, and underneath 
 the verses the inscription : — " This 
 stage was huilt to punish those 
 upon, who, through timorousness 
 or mistrust, shall be afraid to go 
 further on pilgrimage. Also, on 
 this stage both Mistrust and Timor- 
 ous were burned through the 
 tongue with a hot iron, for en- 
 deavoring to hinder Christian on 
 his journey." 
 
 Then said Mercy, 
 
 "This is much like to the say- 
 
80 ( HKISTIANA AND 
 
 ing of the Beloved, ' What shall 
 be given onto thee, or what shall 
 be don.- onto thee, thou false 
 
 tongaef Sharp arrows of the 
 
 mighty, with coals of juniper.' " 
 Bo they wen! on till they oame 
 
 within Bighl of the lioi 
 Now Mr. Ghreat-Hearl was a 
 
 Strong man. BO he was n<>t afraid 
 
 of a lion. Ihit yel when they 
 were oome to where the lions were, 
 the boys, that went before, were 
 now gla<l to oringe behind, for 
 
 they were afraid. At this their 
 
 guide Bmiled, and said, 
 
 " Sow dow, nay boys, do you 
 love to go before when no danger 
 doth approach, and love to come 
 behind so soon as the lions ap- 
 pear ?" 
 
HER CHILDREN. 
 
 81 
 
 Giant-Grim and the lions. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 83 
 
 Now, as they went on, Mr. 
 Great-Heart drew his sword, with 
 intent to make a way for the pil- 
 grims in spite of the lions. 
 
 Then there appeared one that it 
 seems, had taken upon him to 
 back the lions ; and he said to 
 the pilgrims' guide : — " What is 
 the cause of your coming hither?" 
 
 Now the name of that man was 
 Grim, or Bloody-man, because of 
 his slaying of pilgrims ; and he 
 was of the race of the giants. 
 
 Then said the pilgrims' guide, 
 
 "These women and children 
 are going on pilgrimage, and this 
 is the way they must go ; and go 
 they shall, in spite of thee and 
 the lions. 
 
 Grim. " This is not their way, 
 
B4 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 neither shall they go therein. I 
 am come forth to withstand them, 
 and to that end will back the 
 lions." 
 
 Then in- Bwore by the lions, and 
 bid them turn aside, for they 
 Bhonld not bare passage tli- r<-. 
 
 Hut Qreat-Hearl made ttrsl his 
 approach unto (Jriin, and laid so 
 heavily on him with liis BWOrd 
 th.it he forced him to retreat. 
 
 Then said lie that attempted to 
 back the lions, "Will you slay 
 me upon my own ground .'" 
 
 Hi mi. •- It is the King's high- 
 way that we are in; these S "■■- 
 men, and these children, though 
 weak, shall hold on their way in 
 spit.- of thy lions." 
 
 And with that he gave him 
 
HER CHILDREN. 85 
 
 again a downright blow, and 
 brought him upon his knees. 
 With this blow also he broke his 
 helmet, and with the next he cut 
 off an arm. Then did the giant 
 roar so hideously that his voice 
 frightened the women, and yet 
 they were glad to see him lie 
 sprawling upon the ground. 
 
 Now the lions were chained, 
 and so of themselves could do 
 nothing. Wherefore, when old 
 Grim, that intended to back them, 
 was dead, Mr. Great-Heart said to 
 the pilgrims, "Come now, and 
 follow me, and no hurt shall 
 happen to you from the lions." 
 
 They therefore went on, but 
 the women trembled as they pass- 
 ed by them ; the boys also looked 
 
86 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 as If they would dio ; but they all 
 got by without farthei hurt. 
 Now, they irere within tight of 
 
 the jiortrr's 1» ►< 1 lt*'. and soon v.imo 
 
 up Into it. So the guide knocked, 
 and the porter cried, '■ Who is 
 there?" 
 
 But as soon as the guide had 
 said, "it is I," he knew bii roios, 
 and came down, for the guide had 
 oft before tli.it some thither as ■ 
 conductor of pilgrims. 
 
 When he opened the gate and 
 saw not the women, for they were 
 behind, he said. " How now, Mr. 
 ( ir.at-l i.-art. what i< your business 
 here m late at oighl .'" 
 
 " I have brought,* 1 answered he, 
 "soni." ]>il^rinis hither, where, by 
 my Lords oosninandment, they 
 
HER CHILDREN. 87 
 
 must lodge. I had been here some 
 time ago, had I not been opposed 
 by the giant that did use to back 
 the lions But I, after a long and 
 tedious combat, have cut him off, 
 and have brought the pilgrims 
 hither in safety." 
 
 Por. ' ' Will you not go in, and 
 stay till morning ? 
 
 Great. "No, I will return to 
 my Lord to-night." 
 
 Chr. "0, sir, I know not how 
 to be willing you should leave us 
 in our pilgrimage : you have 
 been so faithful and so loving to 
 us, you have fought so stoutly 
 for us, you have been so hearty 
 in counselling of us, that I shall 
 never forget your favor towards 
 us." 
 
88 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 Then said Mercy, 
 
 '•0 that we might hare thy 
 
 cMiipaiiy to our journey's end. 
 lluw can such poor women as ire 
 
 hold out in a way BO full of trou- 
 bles as this way is, without a 
 
 friend and defender .''' 
 
 Thou said James, the youngest 
 of the boys, 
 
 '• Pray, Bir, be persuaded to go 
 
 with us. and help us, beoaUSe we 
 are so weak, and the way is so 
 ous." 
 Grr it. "I am at my Lord's com- 
 mandment ; if he shall allot me to 
 be your guide quite through, I 
 will willingly wait upon yen. 
 Bui here yon foiled at ftrsi ; for 
 when be bid me oome thus for 
 with you, then you should have 
 
HER CHILDREN". 89 
 
 begged me of him to have gone 
 quite through with you, and he 
 would have granted jour request. 
 However, at present I must with- 
 draw ; and so, good Christiana, 
 Mercy, and my brave children, 
 adieu." 
 
 Then the porter, Mr. Watchful, 
 asked Christiana of her country, 
 and of her kindred. And when 
 she had told him who she was, 
 and, pointing to Mercy said, "This 
 also is one of my townswomen 
 and these children are the chil- 
 dren of Christian my husband ;"— 
 he rang his bell, and there came 
 to the door one of the damsels, 
 whose name was Humble-Mind ; 
 and to her the porter said, 
 
 "Go tell it within, that Chris- 
 
90 CnRISTIAXA UTD 
 
 tiana. the wife of Christian, and 
 her ohildren, are conm hither <>n 
 pilgrimage." 
 
 She went in. therefore, and told 
 it. Hut ( >. what noise for glad- 
 ness waa there within when the 
 damsel < 1 i * 1 l>ut drop thai out of 
 her month. 
 
 So they came witli haste to the 
 porter, for Christiana Btood 
 at the door. Then Borne of the 
 most grare said nnfo her, 
 
 •■ i !ome in. Christiana, oome in, 
 thou wife of that good man: oome 
 in, thon blessed woman, come In, 
 with all that are with thee." Bo 
 they wenl in. 
 
 Now they were led Into 
 room, where they were bidden to 
 sit down; so they sat down, and 
 
HER CHILDREN. 91 
 
 the chief of the house were called 
 to see and welcome them. 
 
 Now, becatise it was somewhat 
 late, and the pilgrims were weary, 
 they desired, as soon as might he, 
 to go to rest. Nay, said those of 
 the family, refresh yourselves first 
 with a morsel of meat. So when 
 they had supped, and ended their 
 prayer with a psalm, they desired 
 they might go to to rest. 
 
 "But let us," said Christiana, 
 " if we may be so bold as to choose, 
 be in that chamber that was my 
 husband's" when he was here;" 
 so they led them up thither, and 
 they all lay in a room. When 
 they were at rest, Christiana and 
 Mercy entered into discourse. 
 
 Chr. "Little did I think once, 
 
92 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 when my husband went on pil- 
 grimage, that I should ever have 
 followed him." 
 
 Mi r. "And you as little thought 
 of Lying in his bed, and in his 
 chamber to rest, as you do now." 
 
 < l,r. •• And much less did I 
 0T6I think of BOeing Ins face with 
 
 comfort, and of worshipping the 
 
 Lord and King with him; and yet 
 now I believe I shall." 
 
 Mer. " Hark, don't you hear a 
 noise ?" 
 
 Chr. "Yes, it is, as I believe, 
 a noise of music, for joy that we 
 arc here." 
 
 .1A r. * ( Wondeful ! Bfusie in 
 the house, mosio in the heart, and 
 
 mUSic also in 1 i«-:i v.i i. for joy that 
 we are here." Thus they talked 
 
HER CHILDREN*. 93 
 
 a while, and then "betook them- 
 selves to sleep. 
 
 So in the morning when they 
 were awake, Christiana said to 
 Mercy, 
 
 " What was the matter, that 
 you did laugh in your sleep to- 
 night ? I suppose you were in a 
 dream ?" 
 
 Mer. "Sol was and a sweet 
 dream it was ; hut are you sure I 
 laughed ?" 
 
 Chr. "Yes, you laughed hearti- 
 ly ; but prithee, Mercy, tell me 
 thy dream." 
 
 Mer. "I was dreaming that I 
 sat all alone in a solitary place, 
 and was bemoaning the hard- 
 ness of my heart. Now I had 
 not sat there long but methought 
 
94 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 many were gathering about me to 
 see me, and to hear wh;it it was 
 that I said. So they hearkened, 
 and 1 went on bemoaning th<- liar.l- 
 uess of my heart. At this. BOine 
 of them Laughed a1 me, Bomeoall- 
 ed me fool, and Bome began to 
 thrust me about. With that me- 
 thought I Looked ap and saw one 
 coming with wings towards me. 
 So he came directly to m.-, and 
 said, Mercy, what aileth thee? 
 Now when hie had heard me make 
 my complaint, he said, Peace be 
 to thee; In- also wined my eyes 
 with his handk.'ivhi.-t'. and clad 
 me in silver and gold. He put a 
 chain about my neck, and ear- 
 rings in mv cars, and a beantifnl 
 crown upon my head. Thou he 
 
HER CHILDREN. 95 
 
 took me by the hand, and said, 
 Mercy, come after me. So he went 
 up, and I followed till we came to 
 a golden gate. Then he knocked 
 and when they within had opened 
 the man went in, and I followed 
 him up to a throne, upon which 
 one sat ; and he said to me, Wel- 
 come, daughter. The place look- 
 ed bright and twinkling, like the 
 stars, or rather like the sun, and 
 I thought that I saw your hus- 
 band there ; so I awoke from my 
 dream. But did I laugh ?" 
 
 Chr. "Laugh! aye, and well 
 you might, to see yourself so well. ' ' 
 
 Mer. " Well, I am glad of my 
 dream ; for I hope ere long to see 
 it fulfilled, to the making me 
 laugh again." 
 
96 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 Chr. " I think it is now lii <_rli 
 time to rise and to know w hat we 
 must do." 
 
 Mtr. " Pray, if they invite n< 
 tO stay a while, let n- v. lllingly 
 
 accept of the proffer. I am the 
 more willing to staj ■ while hew 
 to grow better acquainted with 
 these maids : methinks Prudence 
 Fifty, and Charity, have very 
 comely and sober rountenai 
 
 Chr. " We shall 160 what thev 
 Will do." 
 
 So when they were apand ready, 
 they eame down, and they asked 
 
 on.- anotli.-r of their rest, and if 
 it was comfortable or not. 
 
 " Very good, '" sail Iferoy : " it 
 was one of the best night's lodg- 
 ings that ever I had in my life." 
 
HEK CHILDREN. 97 
 
 Then said Prudence and Piety, 
 ' ' If you will be persuaded to stay 
 here a while, you shall have what 
 the house will afford. ' ' 
 
 • ' Aye, and that with very good 
 will, ' ' said Charity. 
 
 So they consented, and stayed 
 there about a month or more, 
 and became very profitable one to 
 another. And because Prudence 
 would see how Christiana had 
 brought up her children, she 
 asked leave of her to catechize 
 them. So she gave her free con- 
 sent. Then she began with the 
 youngest, whose name was James. 
 
 The little fellow answered her 
 questions so well that Prudence 
 was much pleased, and com- 
 mended Christiana for thus bring- 
 7 
 
98 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 big him up. She then eatechlaed 
 Joseph and Samuel, and ended 
 with Matthew who was the eldest. 
 After praising the hoys she told 
 them, still to hearken to their 
 mother for she could teaoh them 
 more, and to their great profit. 
 
 Now the pilgrims had been at 
 this place a week, when Mercy 
 had a visitor that pretended some 
 good-will unto her, and his name 
 was Mr. Brisk ; a man of some 
 breeding, one that professed re- 
 ligion, but thai stuck v.rv i lose to 
 the world. So he came once or 
 twice, or more, to Mercy, and 
 offered love unto her. Now 
 Mercy vraa of a (air oountenanoe, 
 and therefore more alluring. 
 
 Her mind also was to be always 
 
HER CHILDREN. 
 
 99 
 
 Prudence catechizing the children. 
 
HER CHILDREN - . 101 
 
 busying of herself in doing ; for 
 when she had nothing to do for 
 herself, she would he making hose 
 and garments for others, and 
 would bestow them upon those 
 that had need. And Mr. Brisk 
 not knowing where or how she 
 disposed of what she made, seem- 
 ed to be greatly taken, for that he 
 found her never idle. I will 
 warrant her a good housewife, 
 quoth he to himself. 
 
 Mercy then revealed the busi- 
 ness to the maidens that were of 
 the house, and inquired of them 
 concerning him, for they did 
 know him better than she. So 
 they told her that he was a very 
 busy young man, and one who 
 pretended to religion, but was, as 
 
102 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 they feared, a stranger to the 
 power of that which is gOOcL 
 
 " Nay then," said Iferoy," I will 
 look no more on him ; for I jur- 
 pose never to have a clog to my 
 soul." 
 
 Prudence then replied, that 
 there needed no matter of great 
 discouragement to he giv. m to him ; 
 her continuing so as she had he- 
 gun to do for the poor would 
 quickly cool his oonrage. 
 
 So the next time he comes he 
 funis her at her old work, making 
 things for the poor. Then said he, 
 
 11 What always at it?" 
 
 '■ Fes,*' said she, "either for 
 myself <>r others." 
 
 "And what canst thou earn a 
 day ?" said he. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 103 
 
 " I do these things" said, she, 
 " that I may be rich in good works 
 laying up in store for myself a 
 good foundation against the time 
 to come, that I may lay hold on 
 eternal life." 
 
 " Why, prithee, what doest thou 
 with them ?" said he. 
 
 " Clothe the naked," said she. 
 With that his countenance fell. 
 
 So he forbore to come at her 
 again. And when he was asked 
 the reason why, he said, 
 
 " That Mercy was a pretty lass 
 but troubledwith strange notions. ' ' 
 
 Now Matthew, the eldest son 
 of Christiana, fell sick, and his 
 sickness was sore upon him 
 for he was much pained in his 
 bowels. 
 
104 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 There dwelt also not far from 
 thence one Mr. Skill, u ancient 
 and well approved physician. So 
 Christiana desired it, and they 
 sent for him, and he came. When 
 he had entered the room, and had 
 a little observed the boy, h>- (-on- 
 eluded that he was sick of the 
 gripes. 
 
 Then he said to his mother, 
 " What diet has Matthew of late 
 fed upon ?" 
 
 11 Diet?" said Christiana, "no- 
 thing but what ifl wholesome." 
 The physician answered, 
 "This boy has been tampering 
 with BOmething that lies in his 
 stomach undigested. And I tell 
 you he must be purged, or else he 
 will die." 
 
HER CHILDREN' 105 
 
 Then said Samuel, "Mother, 
 what was that which my brother 
 did gather and eat as soon as we 
 were come from the gate that is 
 at the head of this way? You 
 know there was an orchard on the 
 left hand, and some of the trees 
 hung over the wall, and my bro- 
 ther did pluck and eat." 
 
 11 True, my child," said Chris- 
 tiana, "he did take thereof, naugh- 
 ty boy as he was. I chid him, and 
 yet he would eat thereof." 
 
 "I knew he had eaten some- 
 thing that was not wholesome, 
 and that food is the fruit of Beel- 
 zebub's orchard. J do marvel 
 that none did warn you of it ; 
 many have died thereof." 
 
 Then Christiana began to cry ; 
 
106 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 and she said, "Oh, naughty boy ! 
 and Oh, careless mother ! what 
 shall I do for my son?" 
 
 Skill. " Come, do not be dejee- 
 ted ; the boy may do well again, 
 but he must purge and vomit.'' 
 
 Chris. " Pray, sir, try the ut- 
 most of your skill with him, what- 
 ever it costs. 
 
 Skill. " Nay, I hope I shall be 
 reasonable." 
 
 So he made him a purge, but 
 it was too weak : it was made of 
 the blood of a goat, the ashes of a 
 heifer, and some of the juice of 
 hyssop. When Mr. Skill had 
 Been that that purge was too weak 
 he made one to the purpose. It 
 wbb made sx came <t $anguins 
 Christi, (of the llesh and blood of 
 
HER CHILDREN. 107 
 
 ChristJ and was shaped into 
 pills, with a promise or two, and 
 a proportionable quantity of salt. 
 He was to take them three at a 
 time, fasting, in half a quarter of 
 a pint of the tears of repentance. 
 
 When this potion was prepared, 
 and brought to the boy, he was 
 loath to take it. 
 
 " Come, come," said the physi- 
 cian, " you must take it." 
 
 " It goes against my stomach," 
 said the boy. 
 
 "I must have you take it," 
 said his mother. 
 
 " I shall vomit it up again," 
 said the boy. 
 
 " Pray sir," said Christiana to 
 Mr. Skill," how does it taste?" 
 
 "It has no ill taste, "said the 
 
108 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 doctor ; and with that she touched 
 one of the pills with the tip of 
 her tongue. 
 
 "Oh, Matthew," said she, "this 
 potion is sweeter than honey. 
 If thou lovest thy mother, if thou 
 lovest thy brothers, if thou lovest 
 Mercy, if thou lovest thy life, 
 take it." 
 
 "So with much ado, after a 
 short prayer, for the hlessing of 
 God upon it, he took it, and it 
 wrought kindly with him. It 
 caused him to purge; it caused 
 him to sleep, and to rest quietly ; 
 it put him into a fine heal and 
 breathing Bweat, and did quite rid 
 him of his i^ripes. 
 
 So in a little time he got tip, 
 and walked ahout with a Btaff. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 109 
 
 and would go from room to room, 
 and talk with Piudence, Piety, 
 and Charity, of Lis distemper, 
 and bow he was healed. 
 
 Now about this time their month 
 was out ; wherefore they signified 
 to those of the house, that it was 
 convenient for them to be up and 
 going. 
 
 Then said Joseph to his mother, 
 " It is proper that you forget not 
 to send to the house of Mr. Inter- 
 preter, to pray him to grant that 
 Mr. Great-Heart should be sent un- 
 to us, that he may be our conduc- 
 tor for the rest of the way." 
 
 " Good boy," said she, " I had 
 almost forgot." 
 
 So she drew up a petition, and 
 prayed Mr. Watchful the porter to 
 
110 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 send it by some fit man to her good 
 friend Mr. Interpreter ; who when 
 it was come, and he had Men tilt 
 contents of the petition, said to 
 the messenger, "Go, tell them 
 that I will send him. " 
 
 When the family where Chris- 
 tiana was, saw that they had a 
 purpose to go forward, they called 
 the whole house together, to give 
 thanks to their King for Bending 
 of them such profitable guests as 
 these. Which done, they said 
 unto Christiana, " And shall wo 
 not show thee something, as our 
 custom is to do to pilgrims, on 
 which thou mayest meditate when 
 thou art upon thy way?" 
 
 So they took Christiana, her 
 children, and Mercy, into the 
 
HER CHILDREN. Ill 
 
 closet, and showed them some of 
 the fruit that Eve ate of, and 
 that she also did give to her hus- 
 band, and that for the eating of 
 which they were both turned out 
 of Paradise, and asked her what 
 she thought that was. 
 
 Then Christiana said, "It is a 
 food or poison, I know not which." 
 So they opened the matter to her, 
 and she held up her hands and 
 wondered. 
 
 Then they led her to a place, 
 and showed her Jacob's lad- 
 der. Now at that time there 
 were some angels ascending upon 
 it. So Christiana looked and 
 looked to see the angels go up: 
 so did the rest of the company. 
 
 Then they were going into an- 
 
112 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 other place, to show them some- 
 thing else; but James s:ii < 1 to his 
 mother, Pray, bid them stay here 
 a little longer, for this is a curious 
 sight. So they turned again, and 
 Stood feeding their eyes with this 
 m pleasant a prospeet. 
 
 After this, they led them into 
 a place where did hang up a gold- 
 en anchor. So they hid Chris- 
 tiana take it down ; tor. said they, 
 
 11 You shall have it with you, for 
 
 it is of absolute oeoeasitj that you 
 
 Should, that yOU may lay hold of 
 that within the veil, and stand 
 steadfast in case you should meet 
 witli turbulent weather," so they 
 
 were glad therof. 
 
 Th.n they took them, and led 
 them to the mount upon which 
 
HER CHILDREN. 113 
 
 Abraham our father offered up 
 Isaac his son, and showed them 
 the altar, the wood, the fire, and 
 the knife, for they remain to be 
 seen to this very day. 
 
 When they had seen it, they 
 held up their hands and said, 
 
 "Oh, what a man for love to 
 his Master, and for denial to him- 
 self, was Abraham!" 
 
 After that Prudence took them 
 into a dining-room, where stood 
 a musical instrument. So she 
 played upon it, and turned what 
 she had showed, them into an ex- 
 cellent song. 
 
 Now, about this time one knock- 
 ed, and behold it was Mr. Great- 
 lleart . On seeing him our pilgrims 
 rejoiced, and gladly welcomed him. 
 
114 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 Then said Mr. Great-Heart to 
 Christiana and Mercy. 
 
 11 My Lord lias sent each of you a 
 bottle of wine, and also some par- 
 ohed oorn, together with a couple 
 of pomegranates ; h<' h;is sent the. 
 boys some figs and raisins, to re- 
 fresh ynii in your way "' 
 
 Thru they addressed themselyet 
 
 to their journey, and Pmdenoe 
 and Piety went along with them. 
 When they came to the gate, 
 Christiana asked the porter if any 
 of late had passed. He said, 
 
 " Only one, who told me that of 
 late there had been a great robbery 
 on the King's highway as you go. 
 But," said he, "the thieves are 
 taken, and will shortly he tried 
 for their lives." 
 
HER CHILDREN. 115 
 
 Then Christiana and Mercy were 
 afraid: hut Matthew said, 
 
 "Mother, fearnothing, as long as 
 Mr. Great-Heart is to go with us, 
 and to he our conductor." 
 
 Then said Christiana to the 
 porter, 
 
 " Sir, I am ohliged to you for 
 the kindnesses you have showed 
 to us since we came hither. I 
 know not how to express our 
 sense of your kindness ; where- 
 fore, pray, as a token of my re- 
 spect to you, accept of this small 
 mite." 
 
 So she put a gold angel in his 
 hand; and he made her a low 
 obeisance, and said, 
 
 "Let thy garments he always 
 white ; and let thy head want uo 
 
116 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 ointment. Let Mercy live and 
 
 not die, and let not her works be 
 
 few." And to the boys hv 
 
 said, " Do you tiy youthful lusts. 
 and follow after godliness, so shall 
 you put gladness into your 
 mother's heart, and obtain praise 
 of all that are sober-minded." 
 
 So they thanked the porter and 
 departed. 
 
 Now I saw in my dr.am, that 
 they went forward to the brow of 
 the hill ; where Piety, bethinking 
 herself, cried out, 
 
 "Alas, I have forgot what I 
 intended to bestow upon Chris- 
 tiana and h»r oompanions : I will 
 go hack and fetch it." So she ran 
 and fetched it. 
 
 While she was gone, Christiana 
 
HER CHILDREN. 117 
 
 thought she heard, in a grove a 
 little off, a most curious melodious 
 note, with words much like 
 tiiese, 
 
 " Through all my life thy favor is 
 So frankly showed to me, 
 That in thy house for evermore 
 My dwelling-place shall be." 
 
 And listening still she thought 
 she heard another answer it 
 saying, 
 
 " For why ? The Lord our God is good ; 
 HU mercy is for ever sure : 
 Hh truth at all times firmly stood, 
 And shall from age to age endure." 
 
 So Christiana asked Prudence 
 who it was that made these curi- 
 ous notes: " They are," answered 
 she, "our country birds: they 
 
118 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 sing these notes but seldom, 
 except it be at the spring, when 
 the now. is appear, and the sun 
 shines warm, and then you may 
 hear them all day long. I often, 
 go out t<> hear them ; and they 
 make the woods and groves and 
 
 solitary places desirable to he 
 in." 
 
 By this time Piety was come 
 again. So she said to Christiana, 
 
 "Look here, I hare brought 
 thee a Boheme of those things 
 thou hast seen at our house, upon 
 which thou mayesl look and oall 
 them again to remembrance." 
 
 Now they began to go down the 
 hill into the valley of Humiliation. 
 It was Bteep and tin- way slippery, 
 but they were very careful ; so 
 
HER CHILDREN. 119 
 
 they got down pretty well. When 
 they were down Piety said to 
 Christiana, 
 
 " This is the place where Chris- 
 tian, your husband, met with the 
 foul fiend Apollyon, and where 
 they had that dreadful fight. But 
 be of good courage ; as long as 
 you have here Mr. Great- Heart to 
 be your guide and conductor, we 
 hope you will fare better." 
 
 So when these two had com- 
 mitted the pilgrims unto the con- 
 duct of their guide, he went for- 
 ward, and they went after. 
 
 Now Mr. Great-Heart as they 
 went along discoursed to them 
 especially of the valley of Hu- 
 miliation and why it was that 
 Christian was here so sore put to 
 
120 CUR1STIANA AXI» 
 
 it : localise of his slips before 
 he came hither. He said also 
 much in favor of this valley: — 
 
 " Behold how green it Is ; also 
 how beautiful with lilies." 
 
 Now as they were ^r < ► i 1 1 <^ ; 1 1 < > 1 1 l^ 
 
 and talking, tbey espied a boy 
 
 1 1 i 1 1 lt hi< father's sh.'.-p. The 
 
 boy was in very mean olothea, 
 but of a fresh and well-lav. nv. I 
 oonntenanoe ; and aa be sat ly 
 himself he sun-. 
 
 " Bark," said Mr. Oreat-Heart, 
 "to what the shepherd's boy 
 saitli." So they hearkened, and 
 he said, 
 
 " Hi- that is down, needs fear no fall ; 
 Be that ll low, no pride : 
 Hi> that la humble, ever shall 
 Have God to b« Lin guide. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 
 
 121 
 
 Shepherd boy in the Valley of Hu- 
 miliation. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 123 
 
 I am content with what I have, 
 
 Little be it or much ; 
 And, Lord, contentment still I crave, 
 
 Because thou savest such. 
 
 Fullness to such a burden is, 
 
 That go on pilgrimage ; 
 Here little, and hereafter bliss, 
 
 Is best from age to age." 
 
 Then said the guide, 
 
 1 ' Do you hear him ? I will dare 
 to say this boy lives a merrier 
 life, and wears more of that herb 
 called heart' s-ease in his bosom, 
 than he that is clad in silk and 
 velvet," 
 
 As they went on, Samuel said 
 to Mr. Great-Heart, 
 
 " Sir, I perceive this valley is 
 very large ; can you tell where- 
 abouts was the fight that my 
 father had with Apollyon ?" 
 
124 C1IKISTIANA AND 
 
 Great. " Yes, at a plan' yonder 
 before us, in a narrow pas-;:-. •. 
 just beyond Forgetful (Jrccii. 
 
 And indeed that place la the most 
 dangerous place in all these parts. 
 This is the plaoe also where others 
 hare been hard put to it. Bat 
 l persuade myself thai to this 
 day there remains there some 
 monument to testify that such a 
 a battle was fought." 
 
 Then said Mercy, 
 
 " I think I am as well in this 
 
 valley as 1 have l □ anywhere 
 
 <-ls.' in all our journey : the plaoe 
 
 in. 'thinks, suits with my Bpilit. I 
 
 luv.' to l"' where there Is no rat- 
 tling with coaches, aor rambling 
 with wheels. M. thinks, here one 
 may, without molestation, think 
 
HER CHILDREN. 125 
 
 wliat lie is, whence he came, what 
 he has done, and to what the King 
 has called him." 
 
 " 'Tis true, " said their guide; 
 " I have often gone through this 
 valley and never was better than 
 when here. I have also been a 
 conductor to several pilgrims, and 
 they have confessed the same." 
 
 Now they were come to the 
 place where the aforementioned 
 battle was fought. Then said the 
 guide to Christiana, her children, 
 and Mercy, 
 
 ' • This is the place ; on this 
 ground Christian stood, and up 
 there came Apollyon against 
 nini. And lo, as I thought, yon- 
 der stands a monument, on which 
 is engraven this battle, and Chris- 
 
126 (1IK1STIANA AND 
 
 tian's victory, to his faine through- 
 out 
 
 So they Btopped a while to look 
 upon it and read the aooount 
 written thereon. 
 
 When they had passed by tins 
 place, they came upon the bor- 
 ders of the Shadow of Death. But 
 these women :m<l children wenl 
 the better through it, b 
 they had daylight, and because Mr. 
 Great-Heart was their conductor. 
 
 When they were entered upon 
 this valley, they thought they 
 heard a groaning, as of some in 
 torment. These things made the 
 boys to quake ; th<- women also 
 looked pale and wan; bnl their 
 guide bade them be of good com- 
 fort. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 127 
 
 So they went on a little further, 
 and thought they felt the ground 
 shake under them; they heard 
 also a kind of hissing, as of ser- 
 pents. Then said the hoys, 
 
 1 ' Are we not at the end of this 
 doleful place?" 
 
 But the guide hade them he of 
 good courage, and look well to 
 their feet; lest haply, said he, 
 you he taken in some snare. 
 
 Now James hecame sick through 
 fear ; so his mother gave him some 
 wine, and three pills Mr. Skill had 
 prepared, so he hegan to revive. 
 Thus they went on till they came 
 to ahout the middle of the valley ; 
 and then Christiana said, 
 
 "Methinks I see something 
 yonder upon the road hefore us, 
 
128 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 a thing of a shape such as I have 
 not seen." 
 
 Then said Joseph, "Mother, 
 what is it?" 
 
 " An ugly thing, child, an ugly 
 thing," said she. 
 
 "But, mother, what is it like?" 
 said he. 
 
 "'Tis like I cannot tell what/' 
 said she; "and now it is but a 
 little way off." 
 
 Then said she, 
 
 " It is nigh." 
 
 "Well," said Mr. Great-Heart, 
 "let then that are most afraid 
 keep close to me." So the fiend 
 came tui, ami the conductor met 
 it ; hut when it was just come to 
 him, it vanished to all their sights. 
 Then remembered they what had 
 
HER CHILDREN. 129 
 
 been said some time ago, " Resist 
 the devil, and he will flee from 
 you." 
 
 Thev went on therefore a little re- 
 freshed, but had not gone far, be- 
 fore Mercy, looking behind her, 
 saw, as she thought, something 
 most like a lion, and it came at a 
 great paddling pace after : and it 
 had a hollow voice of roaring ; 
 and at every roar it gave, it made 
 the valley echo, and their hearts 
 to ache, save the heart of him that 
 was their guide. So it came up, 
 and Mr. Great-Heart went behind, 
 and put the pilgrims all before 
 him. The lion also came on 
 apace, and Mr. Great-Heart ad- 
 dressed himself to give him battle. 
 But when the foe saw that it was 
 9 
 
130 oikistiana AND 
 
 determined thai resistanoe should 
 be made, he also drew hack, and 
 oame i>" farther. 
 
 Then they went on again, and 
 
 tli.-ir conductor wenl before them, 
 
 till they oame to a plaoe where 
 
 gj a pit the whole breadth 
 
 of the way ; and before theyoonld 
 
 be prepared to go over that, a 
 great mist and a darkness fell 
 upon them, bo that they oonld not 
 
 Bee. Then said the pilgrim-. 
 
 "Alas, what DOW shall W6 do?" 
 
 But theii gnide made answer, 
 " Pear aol : stand still, and Bee 
 what an end will be put to this 
 also;" bo they stayed there, be- 
 cause their path was marred. 
 They thru also thought that they 
 did hear more evidently the 
 
HER CHILDREN. 
 
 131 
 
 In the Valley of the Shadow of Death. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 133 
 
 noise and rushing of the enemies ; 
 the fire also and smoke of the pit 
 was much easier to be discerned. 
 Then Baid Christiana to Mercy, 
 " Now I see what my poor hus- 
 band went through. I have heard 
 much of this place, but I never 
 was here before ; none can tell 
 what the valley of the Shadow of 
 Death means until they come 
 into it themselves. The heart 
 knoweth its own bitterness ; and 
 a stranger intermeddleth not with 
 its joy. To be here is a fearful 
 thing." 
 
 Then said Mr. Great-Heart, 
 " Come, let us pray for light to 
 Him that can lighten our dark- 
 ness, and that can rebuke not only 
 these, but all the Satans in hell." 
 
134 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 So they oried and prayed, and 
 Gk>d sent li^ r ht and deliverance. 
 Y.t they were not gol through 
 the ralley. Bo they went on >tiil. 
 through Loathsome ways, to their 
 great annoyance. 
 
 Then said Mercy to Christiana, 
 
 "It is imt mi pleasant being 
 here as at the gat.\ or at the in- 
 terpreter's, or at the house where 
 we lay last." 
 
 "0 but," said one of the boj -. 
 " it is aot so bad to go through 
 here, aa it is to abide h< 
 
 . and for aught i know, one 
 reason irhy we musl go this iray 
 tii the house prepared for us is, 
 that our home might be mad.' the 
 sweeter to »>." 
 
 '• Well said, Samuel," quoth 
 
HER CHILDREN. 135 
 
 the guide ; ' ' thou hast now spoke 
 like a man." 
 
 "Why, if ever I get out here 
 again," said the boy, "I think I 
 shall prize light and good way 
 better than I ever did in all my 
 life." 
 
 Then said the guide, 
 
 " We shall be out by-and-by." 
 
 So they looked to their feet, and 
 went on ; but they were troubled 
 mmh with the snares. Now, 
 when they were come among the 
 snares, they espied a man cast 
 into the ditch on the left hand, 
 with his flesh all rent and torn. 
 
 Then said the guide, 
 
 "That is one Heedless, that 
 was going this way : he has lain 
 there a great while. There was 
 
136 omtmumA and 
 
 one Take-Heed with him when h<> 
 was taken and slain, but 
 caped their hands." 
 
 Now they drew towards the and 
 of this uav ■ end just there where 
 Christian had seen the oare when 
 he went by, <>ut thenoe eame forth 
 Maul, a giant. This Maul did use 
 to siM.il young pilgrims with 
 Bophistry; and he called Qreat* 
 Hear! by name, and said unto 
 him, " How many times have you 
 heenforhiddentodo 1 1i»-s. • things?" 
 Then said Mr. Great-Heart, 
 " What things f" •• What 
 things I" quoth. the giant; "you 
 
 know what things: hut I will put 
 an end to your trade" 
 
 " But pray," said Mr. Cr.at- 
 
 Heart, " before we fall to it, let us 
 
HER CHILDREN. 137 
 
 understand wherefore we must 
 fight." Now the women and 
 children stood trembling, and 
 knew not what to do. 
 
 Then did the giant further abuse 
 Mr. Great Heart and his Master ; 
 at last he came at him with his 
 club. So they fell to it, and at 
 the first blow the giant struck 
 Mr. Great-Heart down upon one 
 of his knees. With that the 
 women and children cried out. 
 But Mr. Great-Heart recovering 
 himself, gave the giant a wound 
 in his arm. Thus they fought 
 for an hour, and the breath came 
 out of the giant's nostrils as heat 
 out of a boiling caldron. 
 
 Then they sat down ; but Mr. 
 Great-Heart betook himself to 
 
138 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 prayer. Also the woman and 
 ohildren <li'l nothing bul Bigh and 
 
 cry all the time that the battle did 
 last. 
 
 When they had rested, they 
 both fell t«i it again. At last after 
 a hard fight the giant began to 
 faint, andoonld hold up his olnb 
 no Ion 
 
 Then Mr. Qreat-Hearl Bmotehia 
 head from hi> shoulders. 
 
 At this the women and children 
 rejoiced, and Mr. Ghreat-Heart alao 
 praised God for their deliverance. 
 
 Tiny then amongst them 
 ted 8 I'illar, and fastened the 
 giant's head therein, and wrote 
 under it. in letters that p 
 
 gen might read, anaooonntof the 
 
 fight and victory. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 139 
 
 Mr. Great-IIeart and tho Pilgrims. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 141 
 
 Now I saw that they went on to 
 the ascent from whence Christian 
 had the first sight of Faithful ; 
 here they sat down and rested. 
 They also did eat and drink, and 
 rejoiced. 
 
 They then fell into discourse 
 ahout the fight and of the wonder- 
 ful love of God in preserving them 
 and bringing them thus far on 
 their way. After which they got 
 up and went forward. 
 
 Now a little before them stood 
 an oak ; and under it, they found 
 an old pilgrim fast asleep. They 
 knew he was a pilgrim by his 
 clothes, and his staff, and his girdle. 
 So Mr. Great-Heart, awaked 
 him, and said, 
 
 ' ' My name is Great-Heart : I 
 
142 CHRISTIANA AM) 
 
 am the guide of these pilgrims 
 tli.it ;uv going to tin- Celestial 
 country. Pray Let me crai • 
 name, and tin* name of tin- place 
 you came from." 
 
 •• My Dame," Bald he " I cannot 
 tell you, but I came from the town 
 of Stupidity : it li<-th about four 
 degrees beyond the city of De- 
 struction." 
 
 Great. "Oh, are you that coun- 
 tryman ' Thru I deem I have half 
 a guess of you ; your name is 
 Old Honesty, is it not?" 
 
 So the old gentleman blushed, 
 and said, " Not honesty in the ab- 
 stract, hut Honest is my name; 
 and I wish that my nature may 
 agree to what I am called." 
 
 Then the old gentleman sal uted 
 
HER CHILDREN. 143 
 
 all the pilgrims, and asked them 
 their names, and how they had 
 fared since they set out on their 
 pilgrimage. 
 
 But you can scarcely think how 
 the old gentleman was taken when 
 Christiana told him who she was. 
 He skipped, he smiled, he Messed 
 her and the children with a thou- 
 sand good wishes. 
 
 Then they told him of Mercy, 
 and how she had left her town and 
 her kindred to come along with 
 Christiana. At that the old hon- 
 est man said, 
 
 " Mercy is thy name : hy mercy 
 shalt thou be sustained and car- 
 ried through all difficulties that 
 shall assault thee in thy way, till 
 thou shalt look the Fountain of 
 
144 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 mercy in the face with com- 
 fort." 
 
 All this while tht> guide, Mr. 
 Great-Heart, was very well pleased 
 aii'l Bmiled upon his companions. 
 
 Now, as they walked along to- 
 gether, the guide asked the old 
 gentleman If he did not know one 
 Mr. Fearing, thai rain.' on pil- 
 grimage out of his parts. 
 
 So their talk for some time was 
 about this true but faint-hearted 
 pilgrim and his troublesome pil- 
 grimage. Mr. Great-Heart draw- 
 ing Lessons therefrom of profit for 
 those who were under his rare, 
 and were now listening to his 
 words. 
 
 Now I saw thai they still went 
 on in their talk. For after Mr. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 145 
 
 Great-Heart had made an end with 
 Mr. Fearing, Mr. Honest began to 
 tell them of another, Mr. Self-will, 
 a very different sort of a man in- 
 deed. 
 
 As they were thus talking 
 on their way, there came one 
 running to meet them, and said, 
 
 ' ' Gentleman, and you of the 
 weaker sort, if you love life, shift 
 for yourselves, for the robbers 
 are before you." 
 
 Then said Mr. Great-Heart, 
 
 " They are the three that set 
 upon Little-Faith heretofore. We 
 are ready for them : " so they went 
 on their way. 
 
 Now they looked at every turn- 
 ing for the villains ; but they 
 came not up to the pilgrims. 
 10 
 
14('» CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 Christiana then wished for an 
 inn to refresh herself and hex 
 ohildren, because they were weary. 
 
 Then Bald Mr. Honest, 
 
 "There Ifl one a little bef 
 where a very honorable disciple, 
 one (Sains, dwells." 
 
 So they all concluded to turn 
 in thither. 
 
 When they came to the door 
 they went in, not knocking, tot- 
 folks usenot to knock at the door 
 of an inn. Then they asked if 
 they might li<- there that night. 
 
 Gaitu. " res, gentlemenj if 
 you be trne men ; for my house 
 is for none hut pilgrims." 
 
 Then were Christiana, Mercy, 
 and the boys glad, that the inn- 
 keeper was a lover of pilgrims. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 147 
 
 Then said Mr. Great-Heart, 
 
 " Good Gaius, what hast thou 
 for supper?" 
 
 "It is late," said Gaius, " so 
 we cannot conveniently go out to 
 seek food ; hut to such as we 
 have you shall he welcome," 
 
 Great. "We will be content 
 with what thou hast ; thou art 
 never destitute of that which is 
 convenient." 
 
 Then he went down and spoke 
 to the cook, whose name was 
 Taste-that-which-is-good, to get 
 ready supper for so many pil- 
 grims. This done, he comes up 
 again, saying, 
 
 "Good friends, you are wel- 
 come and while supper is making 
 ready, let us entertain one another 
 
148 I IIKISTIANA AND 
 
 with fottio pood discourse 
 they all Bald "Content." 
 
 Then Gaius was told who Chris- 
 tian* and her children, and Mercy 
 were ; — and he had words of kind 
 welcome for them all. 
 
 He then told them many things 
 of Christian's ancestors, whose 
 names were on record, and <>;' 
 their valiant doings. He advised 
 Christiana about her boys, and 
 told her to take Mercy into a 
 nearer relation to her. "If she 
 will " said he, "let her be given as 
 wife to Matthew thy elded SOIL." 
 
 So in process of time they were 
 married : but more of that here- 
 after. 
 
 Now the cook sent up to signify 
 that supper. was almost ready, and 
 
HER CHILDREN. 149 
 
 sent one to lay the cloth, and the 
 trenchers, and to set the salt and 
 bread in order. 
 
 So supper came up. 
 
 Then were they fnll of thankful 
 joy, and sat at the table a long 
 time talking. And in their con- 
 versation were mingled many 
 thoughts of wisdom culled from 
 the word of God. 
 
 At last Samuel whispered to 
 Christiana, his mother, 
 
 "Mother, this is a very good 
 man's house: let us stay here a 
 while, and let my brother Mat- 
 thew be married here to Mercy, ' ' 
 
 The which Gaius their host over- 
 hearing, said, ' ' With a very good 
 will, my child." 
 
 So they stayed there more than a 
 
lfiO CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 month, and Mercy was given to 
 Matthew to wife. 
 
 While they stayed hen, Mercy, 
 as her custom was, made coats 
 and garments f<>r the poor, by 
 whioh Bhe brought a very good 
 report upon the pilgrims. 
 
 But to return to our story. 
 After supper the la«ls desired ■ 
 bed, for they were weary. Hut 
 the elder ones sat up all nighl : 
 for they could not tell how to 
 part. After much talk of their 
 Lord, themselves, and their jour- 
 ney, they spoke of the ezperienoe 
 of other pilgrims. Thus they sat 
 talking till break of day. 
 
 Now when the family were op, 
 
 Christiana bid her son James that 
 >uld read a chapter; so he 
 
1IER CHILDREN. 151 
 
 read the 53d of Isaiah. When he 
 had finished thej had some plea- 
 sant talk thereupon, such as pil- 
 grims delight in ; after which Gai- 
 us said, " Now that you are here, 
 and Mr. Great-Heart is good at his 
 weapons, after we have refreshed 
 ourselves, we will walk into the 
 fields, to see if we can do any good. 
 About a mile from hence there is 
 one Slay-good, a giant, that doth 
 much harm ; and I know where- 
 about his haunt is." 
 
 So they consented and went ; 
 Mr. Great- Heart with his sword, 
 helmet, and shield ; and the rest 
 with spears and staves. 
 
 When they came to the place, 
 they found the giant with one 
 Feeble-mind in his hand, whom 
 
152 UIKIsTIA.NA AND 
 
 his servants had brought in. Now 
 the giant was rifling him, with a 
 purpose after that to piok his 
 bones. 
 
 So BOOn us he saw Mr. <iivat- 
 
 Heart ami liis friends at the month 
 of his oave, he demanded what 
 they \\ anted. 
 
 tilt nt . " We want thee ; where- 
 fore come out of thy oave." 
 
 So In- armed himself and ram." 
 
 out, and to hattle they went, and 
 fought above an hour, and theu 
 stood still to rest. 
 
 Tli.-u said the giant, ' ' Why 
 
 on liei.' on my ground .'"' 
 Great. "To revenge the blood of 
 
 pilgrims, as you well know.'' 
 So they went at it again, and 
 
 the giant made Mr. Ghreat-Heart 
 
HER CHILDREN. 153 
 
 give back ; but he came up again, 
 and let ily with such stoutness at 
 the giant's head and sides, that 
 he made him let his weapon fall 
 out of his hand. So he slew him, 
 and cut off his head and brought 
 it away to the inn. 
 
 He also took Feeble-mind the 
 pilgrim, and brought him with 
 him. When they were come 
 home, they showed the giant's 
 head to the family, and set it up, 
 for a terror to those that should 
 attempt to do as he had done. 
 
 Then they asked Mr. Feeble- 
 mind how he fell into his hands. 
 
 Then said the poor man, 
 
 ' ' I am sickly and a man of no 
 strength of body, nor mind, 
 but would, though I but crawl, 
 
154 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 spend my life in the pilgrim's way. 
 I have found much relief from 
 pilgrims, though none were wil- 
 ling to go bo Boftly as I am forced 
 to do. When I was come on iny 
 way as far as Assault-lane, the gi- 
 ant Slay-good met me and forced 
 me into his den. But I ha v.- as 
 you see, escaped with life, for 
 which I thank my Kins: as the 
 
 author, and you as the meant. 
 
 My way is he fore me, my mind is 
 beyond the river that has no 
 bridge, though I am as you see, 
 but of a feeble mind." 
 
 After further talk Gaius said 
 to him, 
 
 " Come, sir. be of '-rood oheer; 
 you art' welcome to my house ; call 
 freely for what thou wantest ; and 
 
HER CHILDREN. 155 
 
 what thou wouldst have my ser- 
 vants do for thee they will do 
 with a ready mind." 
 
 Then said Mr. Feeble-mind, 
 gratefully, " This is an unexpect- 
 ed favor, as the sun shining out of 
 a very dark cloud . Did giant Slay- 
 good intend me this favor when he 
 stopped me, that after he had 
 rifled my pockets, I should go to 
 Gains mine host ? Yet so it is." 
 
 Now while they were thus in 
 talk, there came one running, and 
 said, that about a mile and a half 
 off one Mr. Not-right, a pilgrim, 
 was struck dead with a thunder- 
 bolt. 
 
 " Alas," said Mr. Feeble -mind, 
 " is he slain ? He was with me 
 when the giant took me, but he 
 
15G CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 escaped it seems to die, Hid I 
 was taken to live." 
 
 Now about the time Matthew 
 and Mercy were married, CJaius 
 gave hia daughter Phebe to Jamee, 
 Matthew's brother, to wife : after 
 which time they yet Btayed about 
 ten days at Gtaius'fl houee. 
 
 When they were to depart, 
 Gaius made them a feast, and 
 they did eat ami drink, and wore 
 merry. 
 
 Now the hour was come that 
 they must be gone, and Mr. 
 
 Gtreat-Heart called for a reckon- 
 But Gtaiua told him, at his 
 
 it was not the custom for 
 pilgrimi to pay for their enter- 
 tainment, lie Looked for his pay 
 from the good Samaritan. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 157 
 
 Then said Mr. Great-Heart to 
 him, 
 
 1 ' Beloved, thou doest faithfully 
 whatsoever thou doest to the 
 brethren , and thou shalt do well. ' ' 
 
 Then Gaius took his leave of 
 them all. 
 
 Now Mr. Feeble-mind made as if 
 he intended to linger, which, when 
 Mr. Great-Heart espied, he said, 
 
 "Come, Mr. Feeble-mind, pray 
 do come along with us : I will be 
 your conductor, and you shall 
 fare as the rest." 
 
 After some hesitation, for fear 
 he should be a hindrance to the 
 others on their way, Mr. Feeble- 
 mind accepted this kind invita- 
 tion, and made ready to start with 
 them. 
 
158 I HKISTIANA AND 
 
 Now, all this vrhile khej wen 
 at Qains's door ; and behold, Mr. 
 
 K»-ady-to-halt came by, with his 
 
 orntohes in his hand, and he also 
 was going on pilgrimage. 
 
 Then said Mr. Feeble-mind to 
 him, "Welcome, welcome, good 
 Mr. Ready-to-halt ; I hope thou 
 and I may he some help to one 
 another." 
 
 u I shall he glad of thy com- 
 pany," said the other; "and, 
 good Mr. Feeble-mind, rather than 
 we will part, since we are thus 
 happily met, I will lend thee one 
 of my crutches.'' 
 
 Thus, therefore, they went on. 
 Mr. Grreat>Heart and Mr. Honest 
 vent before, Christiana and her 
 children next, and Mr. Feehle- 
 
HER CHILDREN. 159 
 
 mind came behind, with Mr. 
 Ready-to-halt on his crutches. 
 
 Thus they went on, their guide 
 and they talking of things profit- 
 able, until they came to the place 
 where Evangelist met Christian 
 and Faithful, and told them what 
 should befall them at Vanity Fair. 
 This brought to their minds what 
 was there suffered by them, and 
 how they were sustained in their 
 severe trials. 
 
 Now they came within sight, of 
 the town of Vanity. So they con- 
 sulted with one another how they 
 should pass through it ; and some 
 said one thing and some another. 
 
 At last Mr. Great-Heart said, 
 
 " I have often been a conductor 
 of pilgrims through this town. 
 
160 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 Now, I am acquainted with one 
 Mr. Mnaaon, ;i native of Cyprus, 
 an obi disoiple, at whose bouse 
 
 we may lodge. If you think good, 
 wo will turn in there." 
 
 At this they all Baid, " Content" 
 
 Now it was evening by the time 
 they got to the outside of the 
 town; but Mr. Great-Heart knew 
 the way to the old man's house. 
 So thither they came; and he 
 called at the door, and the old 
 man within knew his tongue as 
 soon as ever he heard it ; so he 
 opened the door, and they all 
 came in. 
 
 Then said Mnason their host, 
 
 " How far have ye come to- 
 day?" 
 
 So they said, 
 
HER CHILDREN-. 161 
 
 " From the house of Gams our 
 friend." 
 
 11 1 promise you," said he, "you 
 have gone a good stretch. You 
 may well be weary; sit down." 
 So they sat down. 
 
 " I also," said Mr. Mnason, " do 
 bid you welcome ; and whatever 
 you want, do but say, and we 
 will do what we can to get it for 
 you." 
 
 So he led them to their re- 
 spective lodging-places, and also 
 showed them a very fair dining- 
 room, where when they were seat- 
 el, Mr. Honest asked his landlord 
 if there was any store of good 
 people in the town. 
 
 Mnas. " We have but a few,com- 
 pared with the other side." 
 11 
 
162 CIIKISTIAXA AND 
 
 Hon. " But shall we not see 
 some of them ?" 
 
 Thru Mr. Ifnason stamped with 
 his foot, and his daughter Orate 
 
 earn.- ap. So he Baid unto her, 
 
 " Qraoe, go yon, tell my h 
 
 Mr. Contrite, Mr. II> »] v- ma n , Mr. 
 1 aints, Mr. Dare-not-lie, and 
 
 Mr. Penitent, that I have friendi 
 at my honse who bave a mind 
 
 this evening to B06 them." 
 
 So Gtraoe went to oall them, and 
 after salutation made, they all sat 
 down togethei at the table. 
 
 They had much pleasant talk 
 together, and were rejoioed to find 
 Christiana, wife of Christian, the 
 famous pilgrim, and her children 
 with her, on their way to Mount 
 Zion. 
 
HER. CHILDREN. 163 
 
 Here the pilgrims heard of the 
 present state of the town ; that 
 persecution was not so hot at 
 Vanity Fair as formerly ; and 
 that, indeed, in some parts of it, 
 for the town is very large, religion 
 is counted honorable. 
 
 Mr. Great-Heart also related 
 what had befallen his company 
 since they started on pilgrimage, 
 and how they had gradually uni- 
 ted themselves under his guid- 
 ance. 
 
 Thus they sat talking and spend- 
 ing the time until supper was set 
 upon the table, unto which they 
 went and refreshed their weary 
 bodies : and then they went to 
 rest. 
 
 Now they stayed in the Fair a 
 
164 I lir.ISTIANA AND 
 
 great while, at the house of Mr. 
 Mnason, who in process of time 
 gave his daughter Ghraee tinto 
 
 S.i m u- 1. Christiana's son, to wife, 
 and his daughter Martha to 
 Joseph. 
 
 The pilgrim trr.-w acquainted 
 with many of the pood people of 
 the town, and did them what 
 service they could, and Meroj, as 
 she was wont, lahored much for 
 the poor. 
 
 "While they stayed here, there 
 came a monster out of the wood, 
 and slew many of the town. It 
 would also carry away children, 
 and teach them to suck its 
 whelps. 
 
 Now Mr. Great-Heart, with those 
 who came to visit the pilgrim! at 
 
HER CHILDREN. 165 
 
 Mr. Mnason's house, entered into 
 a covenant to go and engage this 
 beast, if perhaps they might de- 
 liver the people from. him. 
 
 So they went forth with their 
 weapons, to meet him. At first he 
 was very rampant, and looked up- 
 on them with disdain ; but they 
 so belabored him, that they made 
 him make a retreat : so they came 
 home again to Mr. Mnason's 
 house. 
 
 This therefore, made Mr. Great- 
 Heart and his fellows of great 
 fame, and so on this account it was 
 that the pilgrims got not much 
 hurt here. 
 
 Well, the time grew on that the 
 pilgrims must go on their way, 
 therefore they got ready. 
 
166 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 So Mr. Great -Heart went before ; 
 the women and children, | for the 
 family had increased during their 
 
 stay in the town J being weakly, 
 were forced to g<> as they could ; 
 thufl Mr. Ready-to-halt an l Mr. 
 Feeble-mind bad more to sym- 
 pathise With their condition 
 
 So on they came to the place 
 where Faithful was put to death. 
 There they made a stand, and 
 thanked Him thai had enabled 
 him to bear his cross so well. 
 
 They went on therefore, after 
 this, a good way farther, talking 
 of Christianand Faithful, and bow 
 Hopeful joined himself to Chris- 
 tian after that Faithful was .lend. 
 
 Now they were come to the hill 
 
 Lucre where the silver mine was, 
 
HER CHILDREN. 
 
 167 
 
 which took Demas off from his 
 pilgrimage, and into which, as 
 some think, By-ends fell ; so they 
 considered that. But when they 
 were come to the old monument, 
 to wit. to the pillar of salt, that 
 stood also within view of Sodom 
 and its sulphurous lake, they 
 marvelled, as did Christian before, 
 that men should be so blinded as 
 to turn aside here. 
 
 I saw now, that they went on 
 till they came to the river that 
 was on this side of the Delectable 
 Mountains ; where the meadows 
 are green all the year long, and 
 where also they might lie down 
 safely. 
 
 By this river in the meadows, 
 there were cotes and folds for 
 
] 68 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 sheep, i house built for the 
 nourishing and bringing up of 
 lambs, the b&bei of those women 
 thai go on pilgrimage. Also then 
 was here one that was intrusted 
 with them. 
 
 Now, to tin- ears of this man 
 Christiana admonished her four 
 daughters to commit their little 
 
 ones, that by these waten they 
 
 mighl be housed, harbored, suc- 
 cored, and nourished. 
 
 Then they went on to Bjr-path 
 meadow, to the Btile over which 
 Christian went with hia fellow 
 Hopeful, when they were taken 
 by Qianl Despair, Here they sat 
 down, and consulted what was 
 best to be done. 
 
 After muoh talking, and beoauM 
 
HER CHILDREN. 169 
 
 Mr. Great-Heart advised it, they 
 resolved as they were strong to go 
 and fight Giant Despair and de- 
 stroy him if they could. 
 
 So they left the women in the 
 road with Mr. Feeble-mind, and 
 Mr. Ready-to-halt, to be their 
 guard until they came back. 
 
 Then Mr. Great-Heart, old Hon- 
 est, and the four young men, 
 went up to Doubting Castle. 
 When they came to the castle gate 
 they knocked with unusual noise. 
 At that the old giant comes down 
 with Diffidence his wife. Then 
 said lie, 
 
 " Who is it that is come to 
 molest Giant Despair ?" 
 
 Mr. Great-Heart replied, 
 
 "It is I, Great-Heart, one of the 
 
170 I HKI.-TIANA AND 
 
 King's oondnoton <>f pilgrims j 
 and I demand thai thou open thy 
 gates for my entrance : prepare 
 thyself also to fight, for I am oome 
 to take away thy head, and to 
 demolish Doubting ( laatle." 
 
 Now Qianl Despair thought no 
 man oould overcome him. Bo he 
 harnessed himself, and irenl ont. 
 Be had aoap of steel, a breastplate 
 of fire, and iron shoes, with a 
 great club in his hand. 
 
 Then these six men made ap to 
 him, and besel him before and be- 
 hind: also when Diffidence the 
 giantess came ap to help him, 
 old Mr. Bonesl onl her down at 
 one blow. 
 
 Thru they fought for then I 
 and Qianl I >.>p;ti r was brought 
 
HER CHILDREN. 
 
 171 
 
 Giant Despair Blain. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 173 
 
 down to the ground ; but Great- 
 Heart was his death, for he left 
 him not till he had severed his 
 head from his shoulders. 
 
 Then they fell to demolishing 
 Doubting Castle, and were seven 
 days in destroying of it. 
 
 In it they found one Mr Despon- 
 dency, a pilgrim, almost starved 
 to death, and his daughter Much- 
 afraid. These two they saved 
 alive. Many dead bodies lay here 
 and there in the castle-yard, and 
 the dungeon was full of dead men's 
 bones. 
 
 So they took the head of the 
 giant, and returned to their com- 
 panions bringing along with them 
 Mr. Despondency and his daugh- 
 ter. Now, when Feeble-mind and 
 
174 CUBISTLANA AND 
 
 Ready-to-hall saw tliat it was the 
 head of Qianl Despair indeed, they 
 with the rest, were very jocund 
 and merry. 
 As for Mr. Despondency, hewai 
 
 for feeding, for h<> was almost 
 
 i. So Christiana gaye him 
 of her bottle, and then pn 
 him Bomething to eat ; and in a 
 Little time he began t<» be revived* 
 Now Mr, Great-Heart took the 
 head of GKant Despair, and Bet it 
 upon a pole by the highway-side, 
 orer against the pillar that chris- 
 tian erected for a oantion to pil- 
 grims to take heed of cut. Ting 
 
 into his grounds. 
 
 Then they went forward, and 
 went "ii till they came to the De- 
 
 lectable Mountains. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 175 
 
 Now the shepherds seeing so 
 great a train follow Mr. Great- 
 Heart, for with him they were 
 well acquainted, said unto him, 
 
 "Good sir, you have got a 
 goodly company here. You are 
 welcome to us ; for we have food 
 for the feehle, as well as for the 
 strong." 
 
 So they led them to the palace 
 door, and then said unto them, 
 
 "Come in, Mr. Feehle-mind; 
 come in, Mr. Ready-to-halt ; come 
 in, Mr. Despondency, and Mrs. 
 Much-afraid his daughter ;" — and 
 to the others also welcome was 
 again given. 
 
 So the feehle and weak went in, 
 and Mr. Great-Heart and the rest 
 did follow, and they made them a 
 
176 CURISTIA5A AWD 
 
 feast of tilings that were pleasant 
 and nourishing; after which they 
 went to n-st. 
 
 When morning was come, and 
 they had refreshed themselves, 
 the Bhepherdi took them out into 
 tin- fields, and showed them first 
 
 what they had shown to Christian. 
 Then they led them to some 
 new places. The first was Mount 
 Marvel, where they saw a man at 
 B distance that tumbled the hills 
 about with words. The shepherds 
 told them, "That man was the 
 son of one Mr. Qreat-graee, and 
 he is set there to teach pilgrims 
 how to believe down, or to tum- 
 ble out of their ways, by faith, 
 difficulties they should meet with, 
 below." 
 
HER CHILDREN. 177 
 
 Then they led them to Mount 
 Innocence. Here they saw a man 
 in white ; and two men, Prejudice 
 and Ill-will, continually casting 
 dirt upon him. But the dirt 
 would fall off again. 
 
 Then said the shepherds, 
 
 "This is Godly-man, and his 
 garment is to show the innocency 
 of his life. You see the dirt will 
 not stick upon his clothes, so it 
 shall be with him that liveth in- 
 nocently in the world. ' ' 
 
 Then they took them to Mount 
 Charity, where was a man with a 
 bundle of cloth before him, out of 
 which he cut garments for the 
 poor ; yet his bundle was never 
 the less. 
 
 "This is," said they, "to show 
 
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178 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 that he who h:is a heart 1 
 
 of his labor to the poor, shall 
 
 never want the means. " 
 
 They then Led them where they 
 saw one Fool, and one Want-wit, 
 washing an Ethiopian, bnt the 
 more they washed the blacker he 
 was. 
 So they told them, 
 
 " Thus it is with the vil.- per- 
 son ; to get such a one a i 
 
 name, shall in conclusion tend 
 but to make him more abomina- 
 ble." 
 Then Bald Meroy to Christiana, 
 "Mother, I would, if it might 
 be, see the hole in the hill, called 
 the By-way to hell." So her mo- 
 ther broke her mind to the shep- 
 herds. 
 
HER CHILDREN'. 179 
 
 Then they went to the door, 
 and bid Mercy hearken a while. 
 
 So she hearkened, and heard 
 great lamentations, with cursing 
 and groaning. Then there was 
 as if the very earth groaned and 
 quaked for fear, so she looked 
 white, and came trembling away. 
 
 When the shepherds had shown 
 them all these things, they took 
 them back to the palace, and there 
 entertained them. 
 
 Now Mercy longed for a look- 
 ing-glass that she saw there. This 
 glass was one of a thousand. It 
 would present a man, one way, 
 with his own features ; and turn 
 it but another way, and it would 
 show one the very face and simili- 
 tude of the Prince of pilgrims. 
 
180 ClIUISTIANA AND 
 
 Some have said they have seen 
 the very erown of thorns upoD 
 Hifl head by looking in that 
 also the holes in hii handa, his 
 feet, and his side. 
 
 Christiana therefore irent to tlie 
 Bhepherds, and said, "There is 
 one "t' say daughters that doth 
 long for something .she hath seen 
 in this house." 
 
 Then said one of them, whose 
 name was Experience, 
 
 '•Call her, call her ; she shall 
 assuredly have what we can help 
 her to." 
 
 So they called her, and said, 
 
 "Here j, irhat is it that thou 
 wouhlst have .'" 
 
 Then she blnshed, and said, 
 
 ** The great glass that hangs in 
 
EBB CIIILDKEN. 181 
 
 the dining-room. So it was given 
 her. 
 
 Then she bowed her head, and 
 gave thanks. 
 
 They also gave to the others 
 such things as they desired. About 
 Christiana's neck they put a brace- 
 let, and also about the necks of 
 her four daughters. They put ear- 
 rings in their ears, and jewels on 
 their foreheads. 
 
 When they were minded to go 
 hence, the shepherds bade them go 
 in peace, and they went on their 
 way, grateful, and often singing 
 as they travelled on. 
 
 They quickly came to the place 
 where Christian met with Turn- 
 away, and soon after to the place 
 where Little-Faith was rubbed. 
 
182 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 B man with li is sword 
 drawn, and his face all covered with 
 blood. 
 
 Then said Mr. lir.-i.t-II.-art, 
 
 " Who art thou?" 
 
 The man made an-w<'i\ saving, 
 
 " 1 am one Yaliant-for-truth. I 
 am a pilgrim, and am going to 
 
 the Celestial City. As 1 was in 
 my way, three men did beset me, 
 named Wild-head, inoonsiderate, 
 and Pragmatio. So we fell to it, 
 
 lor three hours. They have left 
 upon me some marks of their 
 valor, and have oarried with them 
 
 BOme of mine. They are but just 
 now gone." 
 
 Then .-aid the guide, 
 
 •■ Why did you not ery for sue- 
 
HER CIIILDEEX. 183 
 
 Valiant. " So I did to my King, 
 who could hear me, and afford in- 
 visible help." 
 
 Then after further talk, Mr. 
 Great- Heart said, 
 
 " Thou hast done well ; thou 
 hast resisted unto blood. Abide 
 by us, come in, and go with us ; 
 for we are thy companions." 
 
 Then they washed his wounds, 
 and gave him of what they had, 
 to refresh him : and so they went 
 on together. 
 
 Now, as they went on, Mr. 
 Great-Heart, for the pilgrims' pro- 
 fit, questioned with him about 
 manv things. 
 
 By this time they were got to 
 the Enchanted Ground. This 
 place was all grown over with 
 
184 CHRISTIANA AKD 
 
 brien ami thorns, excepting where 
 i enchanted arbor, in which 
 if a man sleeps, it If a question 
 some say, whether ewer he shall 
 rise or wake again In this world. 
 
 Over this forest, therefore, they 
 went. Mi. Ghreat-Hearl went be- 
 fore; and Mr. Valiant-tor-truth 
 came behind, being rear-guard ; 
 each man with his sword drawn 
 in his hand. Also they cheered np 
 one another as well as they could 
 
 Now they had not gone far, but 
 a great mi<t and darkness fell up- 
 on them. Wherefore they were 
 forced to feel one for another by 
 words : for they walked not by 
 sight. The way also here was 
 very wearisome, through dirt and 
 si a 1 'hi ik's s. 
 
HER CHILDREN. 185 
 
 Then they came to an arbor, 
 promising much refreshing to the 
 pilgrims. It had in it a soft 
 couch ; but there was not ono 
 of them that made so much as a 
 motion to stop. 
 
 I saw then in my dream, that 
 they went on till they came to a 
 place where a man is apt to Lose his 
 way. But their guide had in his 
 pocket a map of all the ways lead- 
 in- to or from the Celestial City ; 
 wherefore he struck a light and took 
 a view of his book or map. And 
 had he not been careful here to 
 do so, they had all, in probability, 
 been smothered ; for a little before 
 them, was a pit. no one knows 
 how deep, full of mud. 
 
 Then they went on till they 
 
186 CHRISTIANA AND 
 
 came to where there was another 
 arbor, and there lay two men, 
 whose names irere Heedless and 
 Too-bold, last aaleep. 
 
 So they called each by name, 
 for the guide it seema, did know 
 tin-in : imt there vraa do anawer. 
 The guide also did shake them, 
 but could not arouse them from 
 their fatal slumber. 
 
 Tin -n the pilgrima, affrighted at 
 their sad tat.-, desired with tremb- 
 ling to L.'i> forward; only they 
 prayed their guide to strike a 
 light. Bo they vrent by the help 
 of that the i.-r-t <>f the way. 
 
 Now when they were almost at 
 the end, they .-aw, u they 
 thought, ;i man apon his kneea, 
 Bpeaking earnestly to One that 
 
HER CHILDREN". 187 
 
 was above. When he had done, 
 he got up, and began to run to- 
 wards the Celestial City. 
 
 Then Mr. Great-Heart called 
 after him, saying, 
 
 "Soho, friend, let us have 
 vour company, if you are going 
 to the Celestial City." 
 
 So he stopped, and as soon as 
 Mr. Honest saw him. he said, "I 
 know this man. His name is 
 Standfast, a right good pilgrim." 
 
 As they came up Standfast said 
 to old Honest, 
 
 "Ho, father Honest, are you 
 there ? Right glad am I, to find 
 you on this road." 
 
 "And as glad am I," said the 
 other; " I saw you on your knees." 
 Then Mr. Standfast blushed. 
 
188 CIIKISTIANA AMi 
 
 After further talk, Btandfast 
 told them that as he was coming 
 along and musing, there was on* 
 in vry pleasant attire, hut old, 
 who presented herself to him and 
 sorely tempted him. Her name 
 was Madam Bubble. She made 
 offers again and again, and though 
 repulsed still followed him. 
 
 11 Then," said he, " 1 1-tookme, 
 as you saw, to my knees, and 
 prayed to Him that had said he 
 would help. Bo, just ss you came 
 up, she went her way." 
 
 So their talk fell upon Madam 
 Buhhle and tin- mis.lii-N whioh 
 
 Bhe has brought about in the 
 world. Mr. Gtreal Heart depleted 
 her in her true colors, and at his 
 discourse there was among the 
 
HER CHILDREN. 189 
 
 pilgrims a mixture of joy aud 
 trembling. 
 
 After this, I beheld until they 
 were come into the land of Beu- 
 lah. Here they betook themselves 
 a while to rest. But a little while 
 soon refreshed them ; for the bells 
 did so ring, and the trumpets so 
 sound, that they could not sleep, 
 yet they received as much re- 
 freshing as if they had slept ever 
 so soundly. 
 
 In this place the children would 
 go into the King's gardens, and 
 gather nosegays for the pilgrims, 
 and bring them to them. Here 
 also grew camphire, with spike- 
 nard and all sweet spices. With 
 these the pilgrims' chambers were 
 perfumed. 
 
190 fllKISTIANA AMi 
 
 Now a post same from the Ce- 
 lestial City to Christiana, bidding 
 her within ten daja to cross the 
 s.» she Bent for Mr. Gtreat- 
 Hearl and told him about it. 
 
 Then Bhe oalled for her children 
 . l u ' l gave them her blessing, and 
 bequeathed to the poor the little. 
 she had. Bhe also sent for Mr. 
 Valiant-for-truth, Mr. Honest, and 
 the other companions of her pil- 
 grimage, and gave them parting 
 words of Bweel oonnsel. 
 
 Now the day came that she 
 must be gone. So the road was 
 full of people. But behold all 
 the banks beyond the river were 
 full of horses come don a from 
 above t<> go with her to the City 
 gate. So she went over. 
 
JIER CHILDREN. 191 
 
 A while after a post came for 
 old Mr. Honest. His last words 
 were, "Grace reigns!" So lie 
 left the world. 
 
 After this Mr. Valiant-for-truth 
 was summoned. So he passed 
 over, and all the trumpets sound- 
 ed for him on the other side. 
 
 Then a note came for Mr. Ready- 
 to-halt, and he went over. His 
 last words were "Welcome life." 
 
 After this Mr. Feehlemind had 
 tidings to go. So he entered the 
 river, and his last words were, 
 " Hold out, faith and patience !" 
 
 When many days had passed, 
 Mr. Despondency was sent for ; 
 and his daughter when she heard 
 the message, said she would go 
 with him. So they went down 
 
192 * URISTIANA, I I 
 
 into tin- water together, Eli 
 words irere, " Farewell, night ; 
 \v.'l( ome day I" I i is daughter 
 wenl through the river singing, 
 but none understood n hat she said. 
 
 Then was Mr. Stand-fast sent 
 for, so he went down into the 
 water praising his Lord and King, 
 until he ceased to be seen of them 
 who Btood bj him. 
 
 As fox Christiana's ohildren, 
 with tii-ir wives and ohildren, I 
 did not Btaj till they wenl over. 
 
 Should it be my lot to as that 
 way again, l may give those that 
 desire it an aooount of what there 
 am silent about : meantime 1 bid 
 my re ad er Fakkwell. 
 
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