THE AUTHOR'S WAY
OF SENDING FORTH HIS
Second Part of the Pilgrim.
Go now, my little Book, to every place
Where my First Pilgrim has but shown his face;
Call at their door. If any say, Who's there?
Then answer thou, Christiana is here.
If they bid thee come in, then enter thou,
With all thy boys; and then, as thou know'st how, Tell who they are, also from whence they came;
Perhaps they'll know them by their looks or name.
But if they should not, ask them yet again
If formerly they did not entertain
One Christian a Pilgrim? If they say
They did, and were delighted in his way;
Then let them know that these related were
Unto him; yea, his wife and children are.
Tell them that they have left their house and home,
Are turned Pilgrims, seek a World to come:
That they have met with hardships in the way;
That they do meet with troubles night and day;
That they have trod on serpents, fought with devils,
Have also overcome a many evils:
