The Interpreter then called for a man-servant of his, one Great-heart, and bid him take sword, and helmet, and shield. And take these my daughter's, said he; conduct them to the house called Beautiful, at which place they will rest next. So he took his weapons and went before them; and the Interpreter said, God speed. Those also that belonged to the family sent them away with many a good wish. So they went on their way, and sang,—
This place hath been our second stage;
Here we have. heard and seen
Those good things that from age to ago
To others hid have been.
The dunghill—raker, spider, hen,
The chicken, too, to me
Have taught a lesson: let me then
Conformed to it
The butcher, garden, and the field,
The robin and his bait,
Also the rotten tree, doth yield
Me argument of weight;
To move me for to watch and may,
To strive to be sincere;
To take my cross up day by day,
And serve the Lord with fear.
Now I saw in my dream that they went on, and Great-heart before them. So they went, and came to the place where Christian's burden fell off his back, and tumbled into a sepulchte. Here then they made a pause; and here also they blessed God. Now, said Christiana, it comes to my mind What was said to us at the gate, to wit, that we should have pardon by word and deed: by word, that is, by the premise; by deed, to wit, in the way it was obtained. 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,
