108 THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.

Then a convenient time being appointed, they brought them forth to their trial, in
order to their condemnation, When the time was come, they were brought before
their enemies, and arraigned. The judge’s name was Lord Hate-good: their indict-
ment was one and the same in substance, though somewhat varying in form; the
contents whereof were this: “That they were enemies to and disturbers of their trade ;
that they had made commotions and divisions in the town, and had won a party to
their own most dangerous opinions, in contempt of the law of their prince.”

Then Faithful began to answer, that he had only set himself against that which fad
set itself against Him that is higher than the highest. “And,” said he, “as for dis-
turbance, I make none, being myself a man of peace ; the parties that were won to us,
were won by beholding our truth and innocence, and they are only turned from the
worse to the better. And, as to the king you talk of, since he is Beelzebub, the enemy
of our Lord, I defy him and all his angels.”

Then proclamation was made, that they that had aught to say for their lord the kin g
against the prisoner at the bar should forthwith appear and give in their evidence. So
there came in three witnesses; to wit, Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank. They were
then asked if they knew the prisoner at the bar, and what they had to say for their
lord the king against him.

Then stood forth Envy, and said to this effect: “ My lord, I have known this man
a long time, and will attest upon my oath before this honorable bench that he is—”

JupcE. Hold! Give him his oath.

Envy. So they sware him. Then said he, “ My lord, this man, notwithstanding his
plausible name, is one of the vilest men in our country. He neither regardeth prince
nor people, law nor custom, but doth all that he can to possess all men with certain of
his disloyal notions, which he in the general calls principles of faith and holiness. And
in particular, I heard him once myself affirm that Christianity and the customs of our
town of Vanity were diametrically opposite, and could not be reconciled, By which
saying, my lord, he doth at once not only condemn all our laudable doings, but us in
the doing of them.”

Jupex. Then did the judge say to him, “ Hast thou any more to say ?”

Envy. My lord, I could say much more, only I would not be tedious to the court.
Yet, if need be, when the other gentlemen have given in their evidence, rather than
anything shall be wanting that will dispatch him, I will enlarge my testimony against
him. So he was bid stand by.

Then they called Superstition, and bade him look upon the prisoner. They also