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the first part of the way, had he had a
away. But, as I said just now, the s
shineth on my head, and by His light I

THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.

thousand souls, they had in reason been cast
un was rising. Then said he, “His candle

go through darkness,” ™®

In this light, therefore, he came to the end of the valley. Now, I saw in my dream

that at the end of the valley lay blood, bones, ashes, and mangled bodies of men, even

of pilgrims that had gone this way formerly; and, while I was musing what should be

the reason, I espied a little before me

 

 

 

 

“ He can now do little more than sit in his cave’s mouth,
grinning at pilgrims,”

a cave, where two giants, Popr and Pagan,
dwelt in old time; by whose power and
tyranny, the men whose bones, blood, ashes,
ete, lay there, were cruelly put to death.
But by this place Christian went without
danger, whereat I somewhat wondered ; but I
have learnt since, that Pagan has been dead
many a day; and, as for the other, though
he be yet alive, he is, by reason of age, also
of the many shrewd brushes that he met with
in his younger days, grown so crazy and stiff
in his joints, that he can now do little more
than sit in his cave’s mouth, grinning at pil-
grims as they go by, and biting his nails be-
cause he cannot come at them.

So I saw that Christian went on his way ;
yet, at the sight of the old man that sat at the
mouth of the cave, he could not tell what to
think, especially because he spoke to him,
though he could not go after him, saying,
“You will never mend till more of you be

burned.” But he held his peace, and set a good face on it, and so went by and

catched no hurt. Then sang Christian,

“Oh, world of wonders

(I can say no less),

That I should be preserved in that distress

That I have met with
That hand that from i

here! Oh, blessed be
t hath delivered me!

Dangers in darkness, devils, hell, and sin,

Did compass me, whil
Yea, snares, and pits,

e I this vale was in;
and traps, and nets did lie

My path about, that worthless, silly I

Might have been catched, entangled, and cast down ;

But, since [ live, let Jesus wear the crown.”