1. That Captain Innocency should quarter at Mr. Reason’s.

2. That Captain Patience should quarter at Mr. Mind’s. This Mr. Mind was

formerly the Lord Willbewill’s clerk in time of the late rebellion.

3. It was ordered that Captain Charity should quarter at Mr. Affection’s

house.

4. That Captain Good-Hope should quarter at my Lord Mayor’s. Now, for

the house of the Recorder, himself desired, because his house was next to

the castle, and because from him it was ordered by the Prince that, if

need be, the alarm should be given to Mansoul,—it was, I say, desired by

him that Captain Boanerges and Captain Conviction should take up their

quarters with him, even they and all their men.

5. As for Captain Judgment and Captain Execution, my Lord Willbewill took

them and their men to him, because he was to rule under the Prince for

the good of the town of Mansoul now, as he had before under the tyrant

Diabolus for the hurt and damage thereof.

6. And throughout the rest of the town were quartered Emmanuel’s forces;

but Captain Credence, with his men, abode still in the castle. So the

Prince, his captains, and his soldiers, were lodged in the town of

Mansoul.

Now, the ancients and elders of the town of Mansoul thought that they

never should have enough of the Prince Emmanuel; his person, his actions,

his words, and behaviour, were so pleasing, so taking, so desirable to

them. Wherefore they prayed him, that though the castle of Mansoul was

his place of residence, (and they desired that he might dwell there for

ever,) yet that he would often visit the streets, houses, and people of

Mansoul. ‘For,’ said they, ‘dread Sovereign, thy presence, thy looks,

thy smiles, thy words, are the life, and strength, and sinews of the town

of Mansoul.’

Besides this, they craved that they might have, without difficulty or

interruption, continual access unto him, (so for that very purpose he

commanded that the gates should stand open,) that they might there see

the manner of his doings, the fortifications of the place, and the royal

mansion-house of the Prince.

When he spake, they all stopped their mouths and gave audience; and when

he walked, it was their delight to imitate him in his goings.

Now, upon a time, Emmanuel made a feast for the town of Mansoul; and upon

the feasting-day the townsfolk were come to the castle to partake of his

banquet; and he feasted them with all manner of outlandish food;—food

that grew not in the fields of Mansoul; nor in all the whole Kingdom of

Universe; it was food that came from his Father’s court. And so there

was dish after dish set before them, and they were commanded freely to

eat. But still, when a fresh dish was set before them, they would

whisperingly say to each other, ‘What is it?’ for they wist not what to

call it. They drank also of the water that was made wine, and were very

merry with him. There was music also all the while at the table; and man

did eat angels’ food, and had honey given him out of the rock. So

Mansoul did eat the food that was peculiar to the court; yea, they had

now thereof to the full.

I must not forget to tell you, that as at this table there were

musicians, so they were not those of the country, nor yet of the town of

Mansoul; but they were the masters of the songs that were sung at the

court of Shaddai.

Now, after the feast was over, Emmanuel was for entertaining the town of

Mansoul with some curious riddles of secrets drawn up by his Father’s

secretary, by the skill and wisdom of Shaddai; the like to these there is

not in any kingdom. These riddles were made upon the King Shaddai

himself, and upon Emmanuel his Son, and upon his wars and doings with

Mansoul.

Emmanuel also expounded unto them some of those riddles himself; but, oh!

how they were lightened! They saw what they never saw; they could not

have thought that such rarities could have been couched in so few and

such ordinary words. I told you before, whom these riddles did concern;

and as they were opened, the people did evidently see it was so. Yea,

they did gather that the things themselves were a kind of a portraiture,

and that of Emmanuel himself; for when they read in the scheme where the

riddles were writ, and looked in the face of the Prince, things looked so

like the one to the other, that Mansoul could not forbear but say, ‘This

is the lamb! this is the sacrifice! this is the rock! this is the red

cow! this is the door! and this is the way!’ with a great many other

things more.

And thus he dismissed the town of Mansoul. But can you imagine how the

people of the corporation were taken with this entertainment! Oh! they

were transported with joy, they were drowned with wonderment, while they

saw and understood, and considered what their Emmanuel entertained them

withal, and what mysteries he opened to them. And when they were at home

in their houses, and in their most retired places, they could not but

sing of him and of his actions. Yea, so taken were the townsmen now with

their Prince, that they would sing of him in their sleep.

Now, it was in the heart of the Prince Emmanuel to new-model the town of

Mansoul, and to put it into such a condition as might be most pleasing to

him, and that might best stand with the profit and security of the now

flourishing town of Mansoul. He provided also against insurrections at

home, and invasions from abroad, such love had he for the famous town of

Mansoul.

Wherefore he first of all commanded that the great slings that were

brought from his Father’s court, when he came to the war of Mansoul,

should be mounted, some upon the battlements of the castle, some upon the

towers; for there were towers in the town of Mansoul, towers, new-built

by Emmanuel since he came hither. There was also an instrument, invented

by Emmanuel, that was to throw stones from the castle of Mansoul, out at

Mouth-gate; an instrument that could not be resisted, nor that would miss

of execution. Wherefore, for the wonderful exploits that it did when

used, it went without a name; and it was committed to the care of, and to

be managed by the brave captain, the Captain Credence, in case of war.

This done, Emmanuel called the Lord Willbewill to him, and gave him in

commandment to take care of the gates, the wall, and towers in Mansoul;

also the Prince gave him the militia into his hand, and a special charge

to withstand all insurrections and tumults that might be made in Mansoul

against the peace of our Lord the King, and the peace and tranquillity of

the town of Mansoul. He also gave him in commission, that if he found

any of the Diabolonians lurking in any corner of the famous town of

Mansoul, he should forthwith apprehend them, and stay them, or commit

them to safe custody, that they may be proceeded against according to

law.

Then he called unto him the Lord Understanding, who was the old Lord

Mayor, he that was put out of place when Diabolus took the town, and put

him into his former office again, and it became his place for his

lifetime. He bid him also that he should build him a palace near

Eye-gate; and that he should build it in fashion like a tower for

defence. He bid him also that he should read in the Revelation of

Mysteries all the days of his life, that he might know how to perform his

office aright.

He also made Mr. Knowledge the Recorder, not of contempt to old Mr.

Conscience, who had been Recorder before, but for that it was in his

princely mind to confer upon Mr. Conscience another employ, of which he

told the old gentleman he should know more hereafter.

Then he commanded that the image of Diabolus should be taken down from

the place where it was set up, and that they should destroy it utterly,

beating it into powder, and casting it into the wind without the town

wall; and that the image of Shaddai, his Father, should be set up again,

with his own, upon the castle gates; and that it should be more fairly

drawn than ever, forasmuch as both his Father and himself were come to

Mansoul in more grace and mercy than heretofore. He would also that his

name should be fairly engraven upon the front of the town, and that it

should be done in the best of gold, for the honour of the town of

Mansoul.

After this was done, Emmanuel gave out a commandment that those three

great Diabolonians should be apprehended, namely, the two late Lord

Mayors, to wit, Mr. Incredulity, Mr. Lustings, and Mr. Forget-Good, the

Recorder. Besides these, there were some of them that Diabolus made

burgesses and aldermen in Mansoul, that were committed to ward by the

hand of the now valiant and now right noble, the brave Lord Willbewill.

And these were their names: Alderman Atheism, Alderman Hard-Heart, and

Alderman False-Peace. The burgesses were, Mr. No-Truth, Mr. Pitiless,

Mr. Haughty, with the like. These were committed to close custody, and

the gaoler’s name was Mr. True-Man. This True-Man was one of those that

Emmanuel brought with him from his Father’s court when at the first he

made a war upon Diabolus in the town or Mansoul.

After this, the Prince gave a charge that the three strongholds that, at

the command of Diabolus, the Diabolonians built in Mansoul, should be

demolished and utterly pulled down; of which holds and their names, with

their captains and governors, you read a little before. But this was

long in doing, because of the largeness of the places, and because the

stones, the timber, the iron, and all rubbish, was to be carried without

the town.

When this was done, the Prince gave order that the Lord Mayor and

aldermen of Mansoul should call a court of judicature for the trial and

execution of the Diabolonians in the corporation now under the charge of

Mr. True-Man, the gaoler.

Now, when the time was come, and the court set, commandment was sent to

Mr. True-Man, the gaoler, to bring the prisoners down to the bar. Then

were the prisoners brought down, pinioned and chained together, as the

custom of the town of Mansoul was. So, when they were presented before

the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the rest of the honourable bench,

first, the jury was empannelled, and then the witnesses sworn. The names

of the jury were these: Mr. Belief, Mr. True-Heart, Mr. Upright, Mr.

Hate-Bad, Mr. Love-God, Mr. See-Truth, Mr. Heavenly-Mind, Mr. Moderate,

Mr. Thankful, Mr. Good-Work, Mr. Zeal-for-God, and Mr. Humble.

The names of the witnesses were—Mr. Know-All, Mr. Tell-True, Mr.

Hate-Lies, with my Lord Willbewill and his man, if need were.

So the prisoners were set to the bar. Then said Mr. Do-Right, (for he

was the Town-Clerk,) ‘Set Atheism to the bar, gaoler.’ So he was set to

the bar. Then said the Clerk, ‘Atheism, hold up thy hand. Thou art here

indicted by the name of Atheism, (an intruder upon the town of Mansoul,)

for that thou hast perniciously and doltishly taught and maintained that

there is no God, and so no heed to be taken to religion. This thou hast

done against the being, honour, and glory of the King, and against the

peace and safety of the town of Mansoul. What sayest thou? Art thou

guilty of this indictment, or not?

_Atheism_. Not guilty.

_Crier_. Call Mr. Know-All, Mr. Tell-True, and Mr. Hate-Lies into the

court.

So they were called, and they appeared.

Then said the Clerk, ‘You, the witnesses for the King, look upon the

prisoner at the bar; do you know him?’

Then said Mr. Know-All, ‘Yes, my lord, we know him; his name is Atheism;

he has been a very pestilent fellow for many years in the miserable town

of Mansoul.’

_Clerk_. You are sure you know him?

_Know_. Know him! Yes my lord; I have heretofore too often been in his

company to be at this time ignorant of him. He is a Diabolonian, the son

of a Diabolonian: I knew his grandfather and his father.

_Clerk_. Well said. He standeth here indicted by the name of Atheism,

etc., and is charged that he hath maintained and taught that there is no

God, and so no heed need be taken to any religion. What say you, the

King’s witnesses, to this? Is he guilty or not?

_Know_. My lord, I and he were once in Villain’s Lane together, and he

at that time did briskly talk of divers opinions; and then and there I

heard him say, that, for his part, he did believe that there was no God.

‘But,’ said he, ‘I can profess one, and be as religious too, if the

company I am in, and the circumstances of other things,’ said he, ‘shall

put me upon it.’

_Clerk_. You are sure you heard him say thus?

_Know_. Upon mine oath, I heard him say thus.

Then said the Clerk, ‘Mr. Tell-True, what say you to the King’s judges

touching the prisoner at the bar?’

_Tell_. My lord, I formerly was a great companion of his, for the which

I now repent me, and I have often heard him say, and that with very great

stomachfulness, that he believed there was neither God, angel, nor

spirit.

_Clerk_. Where did you hear him say so?

_Tell_. In Blackmouth Lane and in Blasphemer’s Row, and in many other

places besides.

_Clerk_. Have you much knowledge of him?

_Tell_. I know him to be a Diabolonian, the son of a Diabolonian, and a

horrible man to deny a Deity. His father’s name was Never-be-good, and

he had more children than this Atheism. I have no more to say.

_Clerk_. Mr. Hate-Lies, look upon the prisoner at the bar; do you know

him?

_Hate_. My lord, this Atheism is one of the vilest wretches that ever I

came near, or had to do with in my life. I have heard him say that there

is no God; I have heard him say that there is no world to come, no sin,

nor punishment hereafter, and, moreover, I have heard him say that it was

as good to go to a whore-house as to go to hear a sermon.

_Clerk_. Where did you hear him say these things?

_Hate_. In Drunkard’s Row, just at Rascal-Lane’s End, at a house in

which Mr. Impiety lived.

_Clerk_. Set him by, gaoler, and set Mr. Lustings to the bar. Mr.

Lustings, thou art here indicted by the name of Lustings, (an intruder

upon the town of Mansoul,) for that thou hast devilishly and traitorously

taught, by practice and filthy words, that it is lawful and profitable to

man to give way to his carnal desires; and that thou, for thy part, hast

not, nor never wilt, deny thyself of any sinful delight as long as thy

name is Lustings. How sayest thou? Art thou guilty of this indictment,

or not?

Then said Mr. Lustings, ‘My lord, I am a man of high birth, and have been

used to pleasures and pastimes of greatness. I have not been wont to be

snubbed for my doings, but have been left to follow my will as if it were

law. And it seems strange to me that I should this day be called into

question for that, that not only I, but almost all men, do either

secretly or openly countenance, love, and approve of.’

_Clerk_. Sir, we concern not ourselves with your greatness; (though the

higher, the better you should have been;) but we are concerned, and so

are you now, about an indictment preferred against you. How say you?

Are you guilty of it, or not?

_Lust_. Not guilty.

_Clerk_. Crier, call upon the witnesses to stand forth and give their

evidence.

_Crier_. Gentlemen, you, the witnesses for the King, come in and give in

your evidence for our Lord the King against the prisoner at the bar.

_Clerk_. Come, Mr. Know-All, look upon the prisoner at the bar; do you

know him?

_Know_. Yes, my lord, I know him.

_Clerk_. What is his name?

_Know_. His name is Lustings; he was the son of one Beastly, and his

mother bare him in Flesh Street: she was one Evil-Concupiscence’s

daughter. I knew all the generation of them.

_Clerk_. Well said. You have heard his indictment; what say you to it?

Is he guilty of the things charged against him, or not?

_Know_. My lord, he has, as he saith, been a great man indeed, and

greater in wickedness than by pedigree more than a thousandfold.

_Clerk_. But what do you know of his particular actions, and especially

with reference to his indictment?

_Know_. I know him to be a swearer, a liar, a Sabbath-breaker; I know

him to be a fornicator and an unclean person; I know him to be guilty of

abundance of evils. He has been, to my knowledge, a very filthy man.

_Clerk_. But where did he use to commit his wickedness? in some private

corners, or more open and shamelessly?

_Know_. All the town over, my lord.

_Clerk_. Come, Mr. Tell-True, what have you to say for our Lord the King

against the prisoner at the bar?

_Tell_. My lord, all that the first witness has said I know to be true,

and a great deal more besides.

_Clerk_. Mr. Lustings, do you hear what these gentlemen say?

_Lust_. I was ever of opinion that the happiest life that a man could

live on earth was to keep himself back from nothing that he desired in

the world; nor have I been false at any time to this opinion of mine, but

have lived in the love of my notions all my days. Nor was I ever so

churlish, having found such sweetness in them myself, as to keep the

commendations of them from others.

Then said the Court, ‘There hath proceeded enough from his own mouth to

lay him open to condemnation; wherefore, set him by, gaoler, and set Mr.

Incredulity to the bar.’

Incredulity set to the bar.

_Clerk_. Mr. Incredulity, thou art here indicted by the name of

Incredulity, (an intruder upon the town of Mansoul,) for that thou hast

feloniously and wickedly, and that when thou wert an officer in the town

of Mansoul, made head against the captains of the great King Shaddai when

they came and demanded possession of Mansoul; yea, thou didst bid

defiance to the name, forces, and cause of the King, and didst also, as

did Diabolus thy captain, stir up and encourage the town of Mansoul to

make head against and resist the said force of the King. What sayest

thou to this indictment? Art thou guilty of it, or not?

Then said Incredulity, ‘I know not Shaddai; I love my old prince; I

thought it my duty to be true to my trust, and to do what I could to

possess the minds of the men of Mansoul to do their utmost to resist

strangers and foreigners, and with might to fight against them. Nor have

I, nor shall I, change mine opinion for fear of trouble, though you at

present are possessed of place and power.’

Then said the Court, ‘The man, as you see, is incorrigible; he is for

maintaining his villainies by stoutness of words, and his rebellion with

impudent confidence; and therefore set him by, gaoler, and set Mr.

Forget-Good to the bar.

Forget-Good set to the bar.

_Clerk_. Mr. Forget-Good, thou art here indicted by the name of

Forget-Good, (an intruder upon the town of Mansoul,) for that thou, when

the whole affairs of the town of Mansoul were in thy hand, didst utterly

forget to serve them in what was good, and didst fall in with the tyrant

Diabolus against Shaddai the King, against his captains, and all his

host, to the dishonour of Shaddai, the breach of his law, and the

endangering of the destruction of the famous town of Mansoul. What

sayest thou to this indictment? Art thou guilty or not guilty?

Then said Forget-Good: ‘Gentlemen, and at this time my judges, as to the

indictment by which I stand of several crimes accused before you, pray

attribute my forgetfulness to mine age, and not to my wilfulness; to the

craziness of my brain, and not to the carelessness of my mind; and then I

hope I may be by your charity excused from great punishment, though I be

guilty.’

Then said the Court, ‘Forget-Good, Forget-Good, thy forgetfulness of good

was not simply of frailty, but of purpose, and for that thou didst loathe

to keep virtuous things in thy mind. What was bad thou couldst retain,

but what was good thou couldst not abide to think of; thy age, therefore,

and thy pretended craziness, thou makest use of to blind the court

withal, and as a cloak to cover thy knavery. But let us hear what the

witnesses have to say for the King against the prisoner at the bar. Is

he guilty of this indictment, or not?’

_Hate_. My lord, I have heard this Forget-Good say, that he could never

abide to think of goodness, no, not for a quarter of an hour.

_Clerk_. Where did you hear him say so?

_Hate_. In All-base Lane, at a house next door to the sign of the

Conscience seared with a hot iron.

_Clerk_. Mr. Know-All, what can you say for our Lord the King against

the prisoner at the bar?

_Know_. My lord, I know this man well. He is a Diabolonian, the son of

a Diabolonian: his father’s name was Love-Naught; and for him, I have

often heard him say, that he counted the very thoughts of goodness the

most burdensome thing in the world.

_Clerk_. Where have you heard him say these words?

_Know_. In Flesh Lane, right opposite to the church.

Then said the Clerk, ‘Come, Mr. Tell-True, give in your evidence

concerning the prisoner at the bar, about that for which he stands here,

as you see, indicted by this honourable Court.’

_Tell_. My lord, I have heard him often say he had rather think of the

vilest thing than of what is contained in the Holy Scriptures.

_Clerk_. Where did you hear him say such grievous words?

_Tell_. Where?—in a great many places, particularly in Nauseous Street,

in the house of one Shameless, and in Filth Lane, at the sign of the

Reprobate, next door to the Descent into the Pit.

_Court_. Gentlemen, you have heard the indictment, his plea, and the

testimony of the witnesses. Gaoler, set Mr. Hard-Heart to the bar.

He is set to the bar.

_Clerk_. Mr. Hard-Heart, thou art here indicted by the name of

Hard-Heart, (an intruder upon the town of Mansoul,) for that thou didst

most desperately and wickedly possess the town of Mansoul with

impenitency and obdurateness; and didst keep them from remorse and sorrow

for their evils, all the time of their apostacy from and rebellion

against the blessed King Shaddai. What sayest thou to this indictment?

Art thou guilty, or not guilty?

_Hard_. My lord, I never knew what remorse or sorrow meant in all my

life. I am impenetrable. I care for no man; nor can I be pierced with

men’s griefs; their groans will not enter into my heart. Whomsoever I

mischief, whomsoever I wrong, to me it is music, when to others mourning.

_Court_. You see the man is a right Diabolonian, and has convicted

himself. Set him by, gaoler, and set Mr. False-Peace to the bar.

False-Peace set to the bar.

‘Mr. False-Peace, thou art here indicted by the name of False-Peace, (an

intruder upon the town of Mansoul,) for that thou didst most wickedly and

satanically bring, hold, and keep the town of Mansoul, both in her

apostacy and in her hellish rebellion, in a false, groundless, and

dangerous peace, and damnable security, to the dishonour of the King, the

transgression of his law, and the great damage of the town of Mansoul.

What sayest thou? Art thou guilty of this indictment, or not?

Then said Mr. False-Peace: ‘Gentlemen, and you now appointed to be my

judges, I acknowledge that my name is Mr. Peace; but that my name is

False-Peace I utterly deny. If your honours shall please to send for any

that do intimately know me, or for the midwife that laid my mother of me,

or for the gossips that were at my christening, they will, any or all of

them, prove that my name is not False-Peace, but Peace. Wherefore I

cannot plead to this indictment, forasmuch as my name is not inserted

therein; and as is my true name, so are also my conditions. I was always

a man that loved to live at quiet, and what I loved myself, that I

thought others might love also. Wherefore, when I saw any of my

neighbours to labour under a disquieted mind, I endeavoured to help them

what I could; and instances of this good temper of mine many I could

give; as,

‘1. When, at the beginning, our town of Mansoul did decline the ways of

Shaddai, they, some of them, afterwards began to have disquieting

reflections upon themselves for what they had done; but I, as one

troubled to see them disquieted, presently sought out means to get them

quiet again.

‘2. When the ways of the old world, and of Sodom, were in fashion, if

anything happened to molest those that were for the customs of the

present times, I laboured to make them quiet again, and to cause them to

act without molestation.

‘3. To come nearer home: when the wars fell out between Shaddai and

Diabolus, if at any time I saw any of the town of Mansoul afraid of

destruction, I often used, by some way, device, invention, or other, to

labour to bring them to peace again. Wherefore, since I have been always

a man of so virtuous a temper as some say a peace-maker is, and if a

peace-maker be so deserving a man as some have been bold to attest he is,

then let me, gentlemen, be accounted by you, who have a great name for

justice and equity in Mansoul, for a man that deserveth not this inhuman

way of treatment, but liberty, and also a license to seek damage of those

that have been my accusers.’

Then said the clerk, ‘Crier, make a proclamation.’

_Crier_. Oyes! Forasmuch as the prisoner at the bar hath denied his

name to be that which is mentioned in the indictment, the Court requireth

that if there be any in this place that can give information to the Court

of the original and right name of the prisoner, they would come forth and

give in their evidence; for the prisoner stands upon his own innocency.

Then came two into the court, and desired that they might have leave to

speak what they knew concerning the prisoner at the bar: the name of the

one was Search-Truth, and the name of the other Vouch-Truth. So the

Court demanded of these men if they knew the prisoner, and what they

could say concerning him, ‘for he stands,’ said they, ‘upon his own

vindication.’

Then said Mr. Search-Truth, ‘My Lord, I—’

_Court_. Hold! give him his oath.

Then they sware him. So he proceeded.

_Search_. My lord, I know and have known this man from a child, and can

attest that his name is False-Peace. I know his father; his name was Mr.

Flatter: and his mother, before she was married, was called by the name

of Mrs. Sooth-Up: and these two, when they came together, lived not long

without this son; and when he was born, they called his name False-Peace.

I was his play-fellow, only I was somewhat older than he; and when his

mother did use to call him home from his play, she used to say,

‘False-Peace, False-Peace, come home quick, or I’ll fetch you.’ Yea, I

knew him when he sucked; and though I was then but little, yet I can

remember that when his mother did use to sit at the door with him, or did

play with him in her arms, she would call him, twenty times together, ‘My

little False-Peace! my pretty False-Peace!’ and, ‘Oh! my sweet rogue,

False-Peace!’ and again, ‘Oh! my little bird, False-Peace!’ and ‘How do I

love my child!’ The gossips also know it is thus, though he has had the

face to deny it in open court.

Then Mr. Vouch-Truth was called upon to speak what he knew of him. So

they sware him.

Then said Mr. Vouch-Truth, ‘My lord, all that the former witness hath

said is true. His name is False-Peace, the son of Mr. Flatter, and of

Mrs. Sooth-Up, his mother: and I have in former times seen him angry with

those that have called him anything else but False-Peace, for he would

say that all such did mock and nickname him; but this was in the time

when Mr. False-Peace was a great man, and when the Diabolonians were the

brave men in Mansoul.

_Court_. Gentlemen, you have heard what these two men have sworn against

the prisoner at the bar. And now, Mr. False-Peace, to you: you have

denied your name to be False-Peace, yet you see that these honest men

have sworn that that is your name. As to your plea, in that you are

quite besides the matter of your indictment, you are not by it charged

for evil-doing because you are a man of peace, or a peace-maker among

your neighbours; but for that you did wickedly and satanically bring,

keep, and hold the town of Mansoul, both under its apostasy from, and in

its rebellion against its King, in a false, lying, and damnable peace,

contrary to the law of Shaddai, and to the hazard of the destruction of

the then miserable town of Mansoul. All that you have pleaded for

yourself is, that you have denied your name, etc.; but here, you see, we

have witnesses to prove that you are the man. For the peace that you so

much boast of making among your neighbours, know that peace that is not a

companion of truth and holiness, but that which is without this

foundation, is grounded upon a lie, and is both deceitful and damnable,

as also the great Shaddai hath said. Thy plea, therefore, has not

delivered thee from what by the indictment thou art charged with, but

rather it doth fasten all upon thee. But thou shalt have very fair play.

Let us call the witnesses that are to testify as to matter of fact, and

see what they have to say for our Lord the King against the prisoner at

the bar.

_Clerk_. Mr. Know-All, what say you for our Lord the King against the

prisoner at the bar?

_Know_. My lord, this man hath of a long time made it, to my knowledge,

his business to keep the town of Mansoul in a sinful quietness in the

midst of all her lewdness, filthiness, and turmoils, and hath said, and

that in my hearing, Come, come, let us fly from all trouble, on what

ground soever it comes, and let us be for a quiet and peaceable life,

though it wanteth a good foundation.

_Clerk_. Come, Mr. Hate-Lies, what have you to say?

_Hate_. My lord, I have heard him say, that peace, though in a way of

unrighteousness, is better than trouble with truth.

_Clerk_. Where did you hear him say this?

_Hate_. I heard him say it in Folly-yard, at the house of one Mr.

Simple, next door to the sign of the Self-deceiver. Yea, he hath said

this to my knowledge twenty times in that place.

_Clerk_. We may spare further witness; this evidence is plain and full.

Set him by, gaoler, and set Mr. No-Truth to the bar. Mr. No-Truth, thou

art here indicted by the name of No-Truth, (an intruder upon the town of

Mansoul,) for that thou hast always, to the dishonour of Shaddai, and the

endangering of the utter ruin of the famous town of Mansoul, set thyself

to deface, and utterly to spoil, all the remainders of the law and image

of Shaddai that have been found in Mansoul after her deep apostasy from

her king to Diabolus, the envious tyrant. What sayest thou, art thou

guilty of this indictment, or not?

_No_. Not guilty, my lord.

Then the witnesses were called, and Mr. Know-All did first give in his

evidence against him.

_Know_. My lord, this man was at the pulling down of the image of

Shaddai; yea, this is he that did it with his own hands. I myself stood

by and saw him do it, and he did it at the commandment of Diabolus. Yea,

this Mr. No-Truth did more than this, he did also set up the horned image

of the beast Diabolus in the same place. This also is he that, at the

bidding of Diabolus, did rend and tear, and cause to be consumed, all

that he could of the remainders of the law of the King, even whatever he

could lay his hands on in Mansoul.

_Clerk_. Who saw him do this besides yourself?

_Hate_. I did, my lord, and so did many more besides; for this was not

done by stealth, or in a corner, but in the open view of all; yea, he

chose himself to do it publicly, for he delighted in the doing of it.

_Clerk_. Mr. No-Truth, how could you have the face to plead not guilty,

when you were so manifestly the doer of all this wickedness?

_No_. Sir, I thought I must say something, and as my name is, so I

speak. I have been advantaged thereby before now, and did not know but

by speaking no truth, I might have reaped the same benefit now.

_Clerk_. Set him by, gaoler, and set Mr. Pitiless to the bar. Mr.

Pitiless, thou art here indicted by the name of Pitiless, (an intruder

upon the town of Mansoul,) for that thou didst most traitorously and

wickedly shut up all bowels of compassion, and wouldest not suffer poor

Mansoul to condole her own misery when she had apostatised from her

rightful King, but didst evade, and at all times turn her mind awry from

those thoughts that had in them a tendency to lead her to repentance.

What sayest thou to this indictment? Guilty or not guilty?

‘Not guilty of pitilessness: all I did was to cheer up, according to my

name, for my name is not Pitiless, but Cheer-up; and I could not abide to

see Mansoul inclined to melancholy.’

_Clerk_. How! do you deny your name, and say it is not Pitiless, but

Cheer-up? Call for the witnesses. What say you, the witnesses, to this

plea?

_Know_. My lord, his name is Pitiless; so he hath written himself in all

papers of concern wherein he has had to do. But these Diabolonians love

to counterfeit their names: Mr. Covetousness covers himself with the name

of Good-Husbandry, or the like; Mr. Pride can, when need is, call himself

Mr. Neat, Mr. Handsome, or the like; and so of all the rest of them.

_Clerk_. Mr. Tell-True, what say you?

_Tell_. His name is Pitiless, my lord. I have known him from a child,

and he hath done all that wickedness whereof he stands charged in the

indictment; but there is a company of them that are not acquainted with

the danger of damning, therefore they call all those melancholy that have

serious thoughts how that state should be shunned by them.

_Clerk_. Set Mr. Haughty to the bar, gaoler. Mr. Haughty, thou art here

indicted by the name of Haughty, (an intruder upon the town of Mansoul,)

for that thou didst most traitorously and devilishly teach the town of

Mansoul to carry it loftily and stoutly against the summons that was

given them by the captains of the King Shaddai. Thou didst also teach

the town of Mansoul to speak contemptuously and vilifyingly of their

great King Shaddai; and didst moreover encourage, both by words and

examples, Mansoul, to take up arms both against the King and his son

Emmanuel. How sayest thou, art thou guilty of this indictment, or not?

_Haughty_. Gentlemen, I have always been a man of courage and valour,

and have not used, when under the greatest clouds, to sneak or hang down

the head like a bulrush; nor did it at all at any time please me to see

men veil their bonnets to those that have opposed them; yea, though their

adversaries seemed to have ten times the advantage of them. I did not

use to consider who was my foe, nor what the cause was in which I was

engaged. It was enough to me if I carried it bravely, fought like a man,

and came off a victor.

_Court_. Mr. Haughty, you are not here indicted for that you have been a

valiant man, nor for your courage and stoutness in times of distress, but

for that you have made use of this your pretended valour to draw the town

of Mansoul into acts of rebellion both against the great King, and

Emmanuel his Son. This is the crime and the thing wherewith thou art

charged in and by the indictment.

But he made no answer to that.

Now when the Court had thus far proceeded against the prisoners at the

bar, then they put them over to the verdict of their jury, to whom they

did apply themselves after this manner:

‘Gentlemen of the jury, you have been here, and have seen these men; you

have heard their indictments, their pleas, and what the witnesses have

testified against them: now what remains, is, that you do forthwith

withdraw yourselves to some place, where without confusion you may

consider of what verdict, in a way of truth and righteousness, you ought

to bring in for the King against them, and so bring it in accordingly.’

Then the jury, to wit, Mr. Belief, Mr. True-Heart, Mr. Upright, Mr.

Hate-bad, Mr. Love-God, Mr. See-Truth, Mr. Heavenly-Mind, Mr. Moderate,

Mr. Thankful, Mr. Humble, Mr. Good-Work, and Mr. Zeal-for-God, withdrew

themselves in order to their work. Now when they were shut up by

themselves, they fell to discourse among themselves in order to the

drawing up of their verdict.

And thus Mr. Belief (for he was the foreman) began: ‘Gentlemen,’ quoth

he, ‘for the men, the prisoners at the bar, for my part I believe that

they all deserve death.’ ‘Very right,’ said Mr. True-Heart; ‘I am wholly

of your opinion.’ ‘Oh what a mercy is it,’ said Mr. Hate-Bad, ‘that such

villains as these are apprehended!’ ‘Ay! ay!’ said Mr. Love-God, ‘this

is one of the joyfullest days that ever I saw in my life.’ Then said Mr.

See-Truth, ‘I know that if we judge them to death, our verdict shall

stand before Shaddai himself’ ‘Nor do I at all question it,’ said Mr.

Heavenly-Mind; he said, moreover, ‘When all such beasts as these are cast

out of Mansoul, what a goodly town will it be then!’ ‘Then,’ said Mr.

Moderate, ‘it is not my manner to pass my judgment with rashness; but for

these their crimes are so notorious, and the witness so palpable, that

that man must be wilfully blind who saith the prisoners ought not to

die.’ ‘Blessed be God,’ said Mr. Thankful, ‘that the traitors are in

safe custody.’ ‘And I join with you in this upon my bare knees,’ said

Mr. Humble. ‘I am glad also,’ said Mr. Good-Work. Then said the warm

man, and true-hearted Mr. Zeal-for-God, ‘Cut them off; they have been the

plague, and have sought the destruction of Mansoul.’

Thus, therefore, being all agreed in their verdict, they come instantly

into the Court.

_Clerk_. Gentlemen of the jury, answer all to your names: Mr. Belief,

one; Mr. True-Heart, two; Mr. Upright, three; Mr. Hate-Bad, four; Mr.

Love-God, five; Mr. See-Truth, six; Mr. Heavenly-mind, seven; Mr.

Moderate, eight; Mr. Thankful, nine; Mr. Humble, ten; Mr. Good-Work,

eleven; and Mr. Zeal-for-God, twelve. Good men and true, stand together

in your verdict: are you all agreed?

_Jury_. Yes, my lord.

_Clerk_. Who shall speak for you?

_Jury_. Our foreman.

_Clerk_. You, the gentlemen of the jury, being empannelled for our Lord

the King, to serve here in a matter of life and death, have heard the

trials of each of these men, the prisoners at the bar: what say you? are

they guilty of that, and those crimes for which they stand here indicted,

or are they not guilty?

_Foreman_. Guilty, my lord.

_Clerk_. Look to your prisoners, gaoler.

This was done in the morning, and in the afternoon they received the

sentence of death according to the law.

The gaoler, therefore, having received such a charge, put them all in the

inward prison, to preserve them there till the day of execution, which

was to be the next day in the morning.

But now to see how it happened, one of the prisoners, Incredulity by

name, in the interim betwixt the sentence and the time of execution,

brake prison and made his escape, and gets him away quite out of the town

of Mansoul, and lay lurking in such places and holes as he might, until

he should again have opportunity to do the town of Mansoul a mischief for

their thus handling of him as they did.

Now when Mr. Trueman, the gaoler, perceived that he had lost his

prisoner, he was in a heavy taking, because that prisoner was, to speak

on, the very worst of all the gang: wherefore first he goes and acquaints

my Lord Mayor, Mr. Recorder, and my Lord Willbewill, with the matter, and

to get of them an order to make search for him throughout the town of

Mansoul. So an order he got, and search was made, but no such man could

now be found in all the town of Mansoul.

All that could be gathered was, that he had lurked a while about the

outside of the town, and that here and there one or other had a glimpse

of him as he did make his escape out of Mansoul; one or two also did

affirm that they saw him without the town, going apace quite over the

plain. Now when he was quite gone, it was affirmed by one Mr. Did-see,

that he ranged all over dry places, till he met with Diabolus, his

friend, and where should they meet one another but just upon Hell-gate

hill.

But oh! what a lamentable story did the old gentleman tell to Diabolus

concerning what sad alteration Emmanuel had made in Mansoul!

As, first, how Mansoul had, after some delays, received a general pardon

at the hands of Emmanuel, and that they had invited him into the town,

and that they had given him the castle for his possession. He said,

moreover, that they had called his soldiers into the town, coveted who

should quarter the most of them; they also entertained him with the

timbrel, song, and dance. ‘But that,’ said Incredulity, ‘which is the

sorest vexation to me is, that he hath pulled down, O father, thy image,

and set up his own; pulled down thy officers and set up his own. Yea,

and Willbewill, that rebel, who, one would have thought, should never

have turned from us, he is now in as great favour with Emmanuel as ever

he was with thee. But, besides all this, this Willbewill has received a

special commission from his master to search for, to apprehend, and to

put to death all, and all manner of Diabolonians that he shall find in

Mansoul: yea, and this Willbewill has taken and committed to prison

already eight of my Lord’s most trusty friends in Mansoul. Nay, further,

my Lord, with grief I speak it, they have been all arraigned, condemned,

and, I doubt, before this executed in Mansoul. I told my Lord of eight,

and myself was the ninth, who should assuredly have drunk of the same

cup, but that through craft, I, as thou seest, have made mine escape from

them.’

When Diabolus had heard this lamentable story, he yelled and snuffed up

the wind like a dragon, and made the sky to look dark with his roaring;

he also sware that he would try to be revenged on Mansoul for this. So

they, both he and his old friend Incredulity, concluded to enter into

great consultation, how they might get the town of Mansoul again.

Now, before this time, the day was come in which the prisoners in Mansoul

were to be executed. So they were brought to the cross, and that by

Mansoul, in most solemn manner; for the Prince said that this should be

done by the hand of the town of Mansoul, ‘that I may see,’ said he, ‘the

forwardness of my now redeemed Mansoul to keep my word, and to do my

commandments; and that I may bless Mansoul in doing this deed. Proof of

sincerity pleases me well; let Mansoul therefore first lay their hands

upon these Diabolonians to destroy them.’

So the town of Mansoul slew them, according to the word of their Prince;

but when the prisoners were brought to the cross to die, you can hardly

believe what troublesome work Mansoul had of it to put the Diabolonians

to death; for the men, knowing that they must die, and every of them

having implacable enmity in their hearts to Mansoul, what did they but

took courage at the cross, and there resisted the men of the town of

Mansoul? Wherefore the men of Mansoul were forced to cry out for help to

the captains and men of war. Now the great Shaddai had a secretary in

the town, and he was a great lover of the men of Mansoul, and he was at

the place of execution also; so he, hearing the men of Mansoul cry out

against the strugglings and unruliness of the prisoners, rose up from his

place, and came and put his hands upon the hands of the men of Mansoul.

So they crucified the Diabolonians that had been a plague, a grief, and

an offence to the town of Mansoul.

Now, when this good work was done, the Prince came down to see, to visit,

and to speak comfortably to the men of Mansoul, and to strengthen their

hands in such work. And he said to them that, by this act of theirs he

had proved them, and found them to be lovers of his person, observers of

his laws, and such as had also respect to his honour. He said, moreover,

(to show them that they by this should not be losers, nor their town

weakened by the loss of them,) that he would make them another captain,

and that of one of themselves. And that this captain should be the ruler

of a thousand, for the good and benefit of the now flourishing town of

Mansoul.

So he called one to him whose name was Waiting, and bid him, ‘Go quickly

up to the castle gate, and inquire there for one Mr. Experience, that

waiteth upon that noble captain, the Captain Credence, and bid him come

hither to me.’ So the messenger that waited upon the good Prince

Emmanuel went and said as he was commanded. Now the young gentleman was

waiting to see the captain train and muster his men in the castle yard.

Then said Mr. Waiting to him, ‘Sir, the Prince would that you should come

down to his highness forthwith.’ So he brought him down to Emmanuel, and

he came and made obeisance before him. Now the men of the town knew Mr.

Experience well, for he was born and bred in Mansoul; they also knew him

to be a man of conduct, of valour, and a person prudent in matters; he

was also a comely person, well-spoken, and very successful in his

undertakings.

Wherefore the hearts of the townsmen were transported with joy when they

saw that the Prince himself was so taken with Mr. Experience, that he

would needs make him a captain over a band of men.

So with one consent they bowed the knee before Emmanuel, and with a shout

said, ‘Let Emmanuel live for ever!’ Then said the Prince to the young

gentleman, whose name was Mr. Experience, ‘I have thought good to confer

upon thee a place of trust and honour in this my town of Mansoul.’ Then

the young man bowed his head and worshipped. ‘It is,’ said Emmanuel,

‘that thou shouldest be a captain, a captain over a thousand men in my

beloved town of Mansoul.’ Then said the captain, ‘Let the King live!’

So the Prince gave out orders forthwith to the King’s secretary, that he

should draw up for Mr. Experience a commission to make him a captain over

a thousand men. ‘And let it be brought to me,’ said he, ‘that I may set

to my seal.’ So it was done as it was commanded. The commission was

drawn up, brought to Emmanuel, and he set his seal thereto. Then, by the

hand of Mr. Waiting, he sent it away to the captain.

Now as soon as the captain had received his commission, he sounded his

trumpet for volunteers, and young men came to him apace; yea, the

greatest and chief men in the town sent their sons, to be listed under

his command. Thus Captain Experience came under command to Emmanuel, for

the good of the town of Mansoul. He had for his lieutenant one Mr.

Skilful, and for his cornet one Mr. Memory. His under officers I need

not name. His colours were the white colours for the town of Mansoul;

and his scutcheon was the dead lion and dead bear. So the Prince

returned to his royal palace again.

Now when he was returned thither, the elders of the town of Mansoul, to

wit, the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the Lord Willbewill, went to

congratulate him, and in special way to thank him for his love, care, and

the tender compassion which he showed to his ever-obliged town of

Mansoul. So after a while, and some sweet communion between them, the

townsmen having solemnly ended their ceremony, returned to their place

again.

Emmanuel also at this time appointed them a day wherein he would renew

their charter, yea, wherein he would renew and enlarge it, mending

several faults therein, that Mansoul’s yoke might be yet more easy. And

this he did without any desire of theirs, even of his own frankness and

noble mind. So when he had sent for and seen their old one, he laid it

by, and said, ‘Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish

away.’ He said, moreover, ‘The town of Mansoul shall have another, a

better, a new one, more steady and firm by far.’ An epitome hereof take

as follows:—

‘Emmanuel, Prince of Peace, and a great lover of the town of Mansoul, I

do in the name of my Father, and of mine own clemency, give, grant, and

bequeath to my beloved town of Mansoul.

‘First. Free, full, and everlasting forgiveness of all wrongs, injuries,

and offences done by them against my Father, me, their neighbour, or

themselves.

‘Second. I do give them the holy law and my testament, with all that

therein is contained, for their everlasting comfort and consolation.

‘Third. I do also give them a portion of the self-same grace and

goodness that dwells in my Father’s heart and mine.

‘Fourth. I do give, grant, and bestow upon them freely, the world and

what is therein, for their good; and they shall have that power over

them, as shall stand with the honour of my Father, my glory, and their

comfort: yea, I grant them the benefits of life and death, and of things

present, and things to come. This privilege no other city, town, or

corporation, shall have, but my Mansoul only.

‘Fifth. I do give and grant them leave, and free access to me in my

palace at all seasons—to my palace above or below—there to make known

their wants to me, and I give them, moreover, a promise that I will hear

and redress all their grievances.

‘Sixth. I do give, grant to, and invest the town of Mansoul with full

power and authority to seek out, take, enslave, and destroy all, and all

manner of Diabolonians that at any time, from whencesoever, shall be

found straggling in or about the town of Mansoul.

‘Seventh. I do further grant to my beloved town of Mansoul, that they

shall have authority not to suffer any foreigner, or stranger, or their

seed, to be free in, and of the blessed town of Mansoul, nor to share in

the excellent privileges thereof. But that all the grants, privileges,

and immunities that I bestow upon the famous town of Mansoul, shall be

for those the old natives, and true inhabitants thereof; to them, I say,

and to their right seed after them.

‘But all Diabolonians, of what sort, birth, country, or kingdom soever,

shall be debarred a share therein.’

So when the town of Mansoul had received at the hand of Emmanuel their

gracious charter, (which in itself is infinitely more large than by this

lean epitome is set before you,) they carried it to audience, that is, to

the market place, and there Mr. Recorder read it in the presence of all

the people. This being done, it was had back to the castle gates, and

there fairly engraven upon the doors thereof, and laid in letters of

gold, to the end that the town of Mansoul, with all the people thereof,

might have it always in their view, or might go where they might see what

a blessed freedom their Prince had bestowed upon them, that their joy

might be increased in themselves, and their love renewed to their great

and good Emmanuel.

But what joy, what comfort, what consolation, think you, did now possess

the hearts of the men of Mansoul! The bells rung, the minstrels played,

the people danced, the captains shouted, the colours waved in the wind,

and the silver trumpets sounded; and the Diabolonians now were glad to

hide their heads, for they looked like them that had been long dead.

When this was over, the Prince sent again for the elders of the town of

Mansoul, and communed with them about a ministry that he intended to

establish among them; such a ministry that might open unto them, and that

might instruct them in the things that did concern their present and

future state.

‘For,’ said he, ‘you, of yourselves, unless you have teachers and guides,

will not be able to know, and, if not to know, to be sure not to do the

will of my Father.’

At this news, when the elders of Mansoul brought it to the people, the

whole town came running together, (for it pleased them well, as whatever

the Prince now did pleased the people,) and all with one consent implored

his Majesty that he would forthwith establish such a ministry among them

as might teach them both law and judgment, statute and commandment; that

they might be documented in all good and wholesome things. So he told

them that he would grant them their requests, and would establish two

among them; one that was of his Father’s court, and one that was a native

of Mansoul.

‘He that is from the court,’ said he, ‘is a person of no less quality and

dignity than my Father and I; and he is the Lord Chief Secretary of my

Father’s house: for he is, and always has been, the chief dictator of all

my Father’s laws, a person altogether well skilled in all mysteries, and

knowledge of mysteries, as is my Father, or as myself is. Indeed he is

one with us in nature, and also as to loving of, and being faithful to,

and in the eternal concerns of the town of Mansoul.

‘And this is he,’ said the Prince, ‘that must be your chief teacher; for

it is he, and he only, that can teach you clearly in all high and

supernatural things. He, and he only, it is that knows the ways and

methods of my Father at court, nor can any like him show how the heart of

my Father is at all times, in all things, upon all occasions, towards

Mansoul; for as no man knows the things of a man but that spirit of a man

which is in him, so the things of my Father knows no man but this his

high and mighty Secretary. Nor can any, as he, tell Mansoul how and what

they shall do to keep themselves in the love of my Father. He also it is

that can bring lost things to your remembrance, and that can tell you

things to come. This teacher, therefore, must of necessity have the

pre-eminence, both in your affections and judgment, before your other

teacher; his personal dignity, the excellency of his teaching, also the

great dexterity that he hath to help you to make and draw up petitions to

my Father for your help, and to his pleasing, must lay obligations upon

you to love him, fear him, and to take heed that you grieve him not.

‘This person can put life and vigour into all he says; yea, and can also

put it into your heart. This person can make seers of you, and can make

you tell what shall be hereafter. By this person you must frame all your

petitions to my Father and me; and without his advice and counsel first

obtained, let nothing enter into the town or castle of Mansoul, for that

may disgust and grieve this noble person.

‘Take heed, I say, that you do not grieve this minister; for if you do,

he may fight against you; and should he once be moved by you to set

himself against you in battle array, that will distress you more than if

twelve legions should from my Father’s court be sent to make war upon

you.

‘But, as I said, if you shall hearken unto him, and shall love him; if

you shall devote yourselves to his teaching, and shall seek to have

converse, and to maintain communion with him, you shall find him ten

times better than is the whole world to any; yea, he will shed abroad the

love of my Father in your hearts, and Mansoul will be the wisest, and

most blessed of all people.’

Then did the Prince call unto him the old gentleman, who before had been

the Recorder of Mansoul, Mr. Conscience by name, and told him, That,

forasmuch as he was well skilled in the law and government of the town of

Mansoul, and was also well-spoken, and could pertinently deliver to them

his Master’s will in all terrene and domestic matters, therefore he would

also make him a minister for, in, and to the goodly town of Mansoul, in

all the laws, statutes, and judgments of the famous town of Mansoul.

‘And thou must,’ said the Prince, ‘confine thyself to the teaching of

moral virtues, to civil and natural duties; but thou must not attempt to

presume to be a revealer of those high and supernatural mysteries that

are kept close in the bosom of Shaddai, my Father: for those things knows

no man, nor can any reveal them but my Father’s Secretary only.

‘Thou art a native of the town of Mansoul, but the Lord Secretary is a

native with my Father; wherefore, as thou hast knowledge of the laws and

customs of the corporation, so he of the things and will of my Father.

‘Wherefore, O Mr. Conscience, although I have made thee a minister and a

preacher to the town of Mansoul, yet as to the things which the Lord

Secretary knoweth, and shall teach to this people, there thou must be his

scholar and a learner, even as the rest of Mansoul are.

‘Thou must therefore, in all high and supernatural things, go to him for

information and knowledge; for though there be a spirit in man, this

person’s inspiration must give him understanding. Wherefore, O thou Mr.

Recorder, keep low and be humble, and remember that the Diabolonians that

kept not their first charge, but left their own standing, are now made

prisoners in the pit. Be therefore content with thy station.

‘I have made thee my Father’s vicegerent on earth, in such things of

which I have made mention before: and thou, take thou power to teach them

to Mansoul, yea, and to impose them with whips and chastisements, if they

shall not willingly hearken to do thy commandments.

‘And, Mr. Recorder, because thou art old, and through many abuses made

feeble; therefore I give thee leave and license to go when thou wilt to

my fountain, my conduit, and there to drink freely of the blood of my

grape, for my conduit doth always run wine. Thus doing, thou shalt drive

from thine heart and stomach all foul, gross, and hurtful humours. It

will also lighten thine eyes, and will strengthen thy memory for the

reception and keeping of all that the King’s most noble Secretary

teacheth.’

When the Prince had thus put Mr. Recorder (that once so was) into the

place and office of a minister to Mansoul, and the man had thankfully

accepted thereof, then did Emmanuel address himself in a particular

speech to the townsmen themselves.

‘Behold,’ said the Prince to Mansoul, ‘my love and care towards you; I

have added to all that is past, this mercy, to appoint you preachers; the

most noble Secretary to teach you in all high and sublime mysteries; and

this gentleman,’ pointing to Mr. Conscience, ‘is to teach you in all

things human and domestic, for therein lieth his work. He is not, by

what I have said, debarred of telling to Mansoul anything that he hath

heard and received at the mouth of the lord high Secretary; only he shall

not attempt to presume to pretend to be a revealer of those high

mysteries himself; for the breaking of them up, and the discovery of them

to Mansoul lieth only in the power, authority, and skill of the lord high

Secretary himself. Talk of them he may, and so may the rest of the town

of Mansoul; yea, and may, as occasion gives them opportunity, press them

upon each other for the benefit of the whole. These things, therefore, I

would have you observe and do, for it is for your life, and the

lengthening of your days.

‘And one thing more to my beloved Mr. Recorder, and to all the town of

Mansoul: You must not dwell in, nor stay upon, anything of that which he

hath in commission to teach you, as to your trust and expectation of the

next world; (of the next world, I say, for I purpose to give another to

Mansoul, when this with them is worn out;) but for that you must wholly

and solely have recourse to, and make stay upon his doctrine that is your

Teacher after the first order. Yea, Mr. Recorder himself must not look

for life from that which he himself revealeth; his dependence for that

must be founded in the doctrine of the other preacher. Let Mr. Recorder

also take heed that he receive not any doctrine, or point of doctrine,

that is not communicated to him by his Superior Teacher, nor yet within

the precincts of his own formal knowledge.’

Now, after the Prince had thus settled things in the famous town of

Mansoul, he proceeded to give to the elders of the corporation a

necessary caution, to wit, how they should carry it to the high and noble

captains that he had, from his Father’s court, sent or brought with him,

to the famous town of Mansoul.

‘These captains,’ said he, ‘do love the town of Mansoul, and they are

picked men, picked out of abundance, as men that best suit, and that will

most faithfully serve in the wars of Shaddai against the Diabolonians,

for the preservation of the town of Mansoul. ‘I charge you therefore,’

said he, ‘O ye inhabitants of the now flourishing town of Mansoul, that

you carry it not ruggedly or untowardly to my captains, or their men;

since, as I said, they are picked and choice men—men chosen out of many

for the good of the town of Mansoul. I say, I charge you, that you carry

it not untowardly to them: for though they have the hearts and faces of

lions, when at any time they shall be called forth to engage and fight

with the King’s foes, and the enemies of the town of Mansoul; yet a

little discountenance cast upon them from the town of Mansoul will deject

and cast down their faces, will weaken and take away their courage. Do

not, therefore, O my beloved, carry it unkindly to my valiant captains

and courageous men of war, but love them, nourish them, succour them, and

lay them in your bosoms; and they will not only fight for you, but cause

to fly from you all those the Diabolonians that seek, and will, if

possible, be, your utter destruction.

‘If, therefore, any of them should at any time be sick or weak, and so

not able to perform that office of love, which, with all their hearts,

they are willing to do (and will do also when well and in health), slight

them not, nor despise them, but rather strengthen them and encourage

them, though weak and ready to die, for they are your fence, and your

guard, your wall, your gates, your locks, and your bars. And although,

when they are weak, they can do but little, but rather need to be helped

by you, than that you should then expect great things from them, yet,

when well, you know what exploits, what feats and warlike achievements

they are able to do, and will perform for you.

‘Besides, if they be weak, the town of Mansoul cannot be strong; if they

be strong, then Mansoul cannot be weak; your safety, therefore, doth lie

in their health, and in your countenancing them. Remember, also, that if

they be sick, they catch that disease of the town of Mansoul itself.

‘These things I have said unto you because I love your welfare and your

honour: observe, therefore, O my Mansoul, to be punctual in all things

that I have given in charge unto you, and that not only as a town

corporate, and so to your officers and guard, and guides in chief, but to

you as you are a people whose well-being, as single persons, depends on

the observation of the orders and commandments of their Lord.

‘Next, O my Mansoul, I do warn you of that, of which, notwithstanding

that reformation that at present is wrought among you, you have need to

be warned about: wherefore hearken diligently unto me. I am now sure,

and you will know hereafter, that there are yet of the Diabolonians

remaining in the town of Mansoul, Diabolonians that are sturdy and

implacable, and that do already while I am with you, and that will yet

more when I am from you, study, plot, contrive, invent, and jointly

attempt to bring you to desolation, and so to a state far worse than that

of the Egyptian bondage; they are the avowed friends of Diabolus,

therefore look about you. They used heretofore to lodge with their

Prince in the Castle, when Incredulity was the Lord Mayor of this town;

but since my coming hither, they lie more in the outsides and walls, and

have made themselves dens, and caves, and holes, and strongholds therein.

Wherefore, O Mansoul! thy work, as to this, will be so much the more

difficult and hard; that is, to take, mortify, and put them to death

according to the will of my Father. Nor can you utterly rid yourselves

of them, unless you should pull down the walls of your town, the which I

am by no means willing you should. Do you ask me, What shall we do then?

Why, be you diligent, and quit you like men; observe their holes; find

out their haunts; assault them, and make no peace with them. Wherever

they haunt, lurk, or abide, and what terms of peace soever they offer

you, abhor, and all shall be well betwixt you and me. And that you may

the better know them from those that are the natives of Mansoul, I will

give you this brief schedule of the names of the chief of them; and they

are these that follow:—The Lord Fornication, the Lord Adultery, the Lord

Murder, the Lord Anger, the Lord Lasciviousness, the Lord Deceit, the

Lord Evil-Eye, Mr. Drunkenness, Mr. Revelling, Mr. Idolatry, Mr.

Witch-craft, Mr. Variance, Mr. Emulation, Mr. Wrath, Mr. Strife, Mr.

Sedition, and Mr. Heresy. These are some of the chief, O Mansoul! of

those that will seek to overthrow thee for ever. These, I say, are the

skulkers in Mansoul; but look thou well into the law of thy King, and

there thou shalt find their physiognomy, and such other characteristical

notes of them, by which they certainly may be known.

‘These, O my Mansoul, (and I would gladly that you should certainly know

it,) if they be suffered to run and range about the town as they would,

will quickly, like vipers, eat out your bowels; yea, poison your

captains, cut the sinews of your soldiers, break the bars and bolts of

your gates, and turn your now most flourishing Mansoul into a barren and

desolate wilderness, and ruinous heap. Wherefore, that you may take

courage to yourselves to apprehend these villains wherever you find them,

I give to you, my Lord Mayor, my Lord Willbewill, and Mr. Recorder, with

all the inhabitants of the town of Mansoul, full power and commission to

seek out, to take, and to cause to be put to death by the cross, all, and

all manner of Diabolonians, when and wherever you shall find them to lurk

within, or to range without the walls of the town of Mansoul.

‘I told you before that I had placed a standing ministry among you; not

that you have but these with you, for my first four captains who came

against the master and lord of the Diabolonians that was in Mansoul, they

can, and if need be, and if they be required, will not only privately

inform, but publicly preach to the corporation both good and wholesome

doctrine, and such as shall lead you in the way. Yea, they will set up a

weekly, yea, if need be, a daily lecture in thee, O Mansoul! and will

instruct thee in such profitable lessons, that, if heeded, will do thee

good at the end. And take good heed that you spare not the men that you

have a commission to take and crucify.

‘Now, as I have set before your eyes the vagrants and runagates by name,

so I will tell you, that among yourselves, some of them shall creep in to

beguile you, even such as would seem, and that in appearance are, very

rife and hot for religion. And they, if you watch not, will do you a

mischief, such an one as at present you cannot think of.

‘These, as I said, will show themselves to you in another hue than those

under description before. Wherefore, Mansoul, watch and be sober, and

suffer not thyself to be betrayed.’

When the Prince had thus far new modelled the town of Mansoul, and had

instructed them in such matters as were profitable for them to know, then

he appointed another day in which he intended, when the townsfolk came

together, to bestow a further badge of honour upon the town of Mansoul,—a

badge that should distinguish them from all the people, kindreds, and

tongues that dwell in the kingdom of Universe. Now it was not long

before the day appointed was come, and the Prince and his people met in

the King’s palace, where first Emmanuel made a short speech unto them,

and then did for them as he had said, and unto them as he had promised.

‘My Mansoul,’ said he, ‘that which I now am about to do, is to make you

known to the world to be mine, and to distinguish you also in your own

eyes, from all false traitors that may creep in among you.’

Then he commanded that those that waited upon him should go and bring

forth out of his treasury those white and glistening robes ‘that I,’ said

he, ‘have provided and laid up in store for my Mansoul.’ So the white

garments were fetched out of his treasury, and laid forth to the eyes of

the people. Moreover, it was granted to them that they should take them

and put them on, ‘according,’ said he, ‘to your size and stature.’ So

the people were put into white, into fine linen, white and clean.

Then said the Prince unto them, ‘This, O Mansoul, is my livery, and the

badge by which mine are known from the servants of others. Yea, it is

that which I grant to all that are mine, and without which no man is

permitted to see my face. Wear them, therefore, for my sake, who gave

them unto you; and also if you would be known by the world to be mine.’

But now! can you think how Mansoul shone? It was fair as the sun, clear

as the moon, and terrible as an army with banners.

The Prince added further, and said, ‘No prince, potentate, or mighty one

of Universe, giveth this livery but myself: behold, therefore, as I said

before, you shall be known by it to be mine.

‘And now,’ said he, ‘I have given you my livery, let me give you also in

commandment concerning them; and be sure that you take good heed to my

words.

‘First. Wear them daily, day by day, lest you should at sometimes appear

to others as if you were none of mine.

‘Second. Keep them always white; for if they be soiled, it is dishonour

to me.

‘Third. Wherefore gird them up from the ground, and let them not lag

with dust and dirt.

‘Fourth. Take heed that you lose them not, lest you walk naked, and they

see your shame.

‘Fifth. But if you should sully them, if you should defile them, the

which I am greatly unwilling you should, and the prince Diabolus will be

glad if you would, then speed you to do that which is written in my law,

that yet you may stand, and befall before me, and before my throne.

Also, this is the way to cause that I may not leave you, nor forsake you

while here, but may dwell in this town of Mansoul for ever.’

And now was Mansoul, and the inhabitants of it, as the signet upon

Emmanuel’s right hand. Where was there now a town, a city, a

corporation, that could compare with Mansoul! a town redeemed from the

hand, and from the power of Diabolus! a town that the King Shaddai loved,

and that he sent Emmanuel to regain from the Prince of the infernal cave;

yea, a town that Emmanuel loved to dwell in, and that he chose for his

royal habitation; a town that he fortified for himself, and made strong

by the force of his army. What shall I say, Mansoul has now a most

excellent Prince, golden captains and men of war, weapons proved, and

garments as white as snow. Nor are these benefits to be counted little,

but great; can the town of Mansoul esteem them so, and improve them to

that end and purpose for which they are bestowed upon them?

When the Prince had thus completed the modelling of the town, to show

that he had great delight in the work of his hands and took pleasure in

the good that he had wrought for the famous and flourishing Mansoul, he

commanded, and they set his standard upon the battlements of the castle.

And then,

First. He gave them frequent visits; not a day now but the elders of

Mansoul must come to him, or he to them, into his palace. Now they must

walk and talk together of all the great things that he had done, and yet

further promised to do, for the town of Mansoul. Thus would he often do

with the Lord Mayor, my Lord Willbewill, and the honest subordinate

preacher Mr. Conscience, and Mr. Recorder. But oh, how graciously, how

lovingly, how courteously, and tenderly did this blessed Prince now carry

it towards the town of Mansoul! In all the streets, gardens, orchards,

and other places where he came, to be sure the poor should have his

blessing and benediction; yea, he would kiss them, and if they were ill

he would lay hands on them, and make them well. The captains, also, he

would daily, yea, sometimes hourly, encourage with his presence and

goodly words. For you must know that a smile from him upon them would

put more vigour, more life, and stoutness into them, than would anything

else under heaven.

The Prince would now also feast them, and be with them continually:

hardly a week would pass but a banquet must be had betwixt him and them.

You may remember that, some pages before, we make mention of one feast

that they had together; but now to feast them was a thing more common:

every day with Mansoul was a feast-day now. Nor did he, when they

returned to their places, send them empty away, either they must have a

ring, a gold chain, a bracelet, a white stone, or something; so dear was

Mansoul to him now; so lovely was Mansoul in his eyes.

Second. When the elders and townsmen did not come to him, he would send

in much plenty of provision unto them; meat that came from court, wine

and bread that were prepared for his Father’s table; yea, such delicates

would he send unto them, and therewith would so cover their table, that

whoever saw it confessed that the like could not be seen in any kingdom.

Third. If Mansoul did not frequently visit him as he desired they

should, he would walk out to them, knock at their doors, and desire

entrance, that amity might be maintained betwixt them and him; if they

did hear and open to him, as commonly they would, if they were at home,

then would he renew his former love, and confirm it too with some new

tokens, and signs of continued favour.

And was it not now amazing to behold, that in that very place where

sometimes Diabolus had his abode, and entertained his Diabolonians to the

almost utter destruction of Mansoul, the Prince of princes should sit

eating and drinking with them, while all his mighty captains, men of war,

trumpeters, with the singing-men and singing-women of his Father, stood

round about to wait upon them! Now did Mansoul’s cup run over, now did

her conduits run sweet wine, now did she eat the finest of the wheat, and

drink milk and honey out of the rock! Now, she said, How great is his

goodness! for since I found favour in his eyes, how honourable have I

been!

The blessed Prince did also ordain a new officer in the town, and a

goodly person he was; his name was Mr. God’s-Peace: this man was set over

my Lord Willbewill, my Lord Mayor, Mr. Recorder, the subordinate

preacher, Mr. Mind, and over all the natives of the town of Mansoul.

Himself was not a native of it, but came with the Prince Emmanuel from

the court. He was a great acquaintance of Captain Credence and Captain

Good-Hope; some say they were kin, and I am of that opinion too. This

man, as I said, was made governor of the town in general, especially over

the castle, and Captain Credence was to help him there. And I made great

observation of it, that so long as all things went in Mansoul as this

sweet-natured gentleman would, the town was in most happy condition. Now

there were no jars, no chiding, no interferings, no unfaithful doings in

all the town of Mansoul; every man in Mansoul kept close to his own

employment. The gentry, the officers, the soldiers, and all in place

observed their order. And as for the women and children of the town,

they followed their business joyfully; they would work and sing, work and

sing, from morning till night: so that quite through the town of Mansoul

now nothing was to be found but harmony, quietness, joy, and health. And

this lasted all that summer.

But there was a man in the town of Mansoul, and his name was Mr.

Carnal-Security; this man did, after all this mercy bestowed on this

corporation, bring the town of Mansoul into great and grievous slavery

and bondage. A brief account of him and of his doings take as

followeth:—

When Diabolus at first took possession of the town of Mansoul, he brought

thither, with himself, a great number of Diabolonians, men of his own

conditions. Now among these there was one whose name was Mr.

Self-Conceit, and a notable brisk man he was, as any that in those days

did possess the town of Mansoul. Diabolus, then, perceiving this man to

be active and bold, sent him upon many desperate designs, the which he

managed better, and more to the pleasing of his lord, than most that came

with him from the dens could do. Wherefore, finding him so fit for his

purpose, he preferred him, and made him next to the great Lord

Willbewill, of whom we have written so much before. Now the Lord

Willbewill being in those days very well pleased with him, and with his

achievements, gave him his daughter, the Lady Fear-Nothing, to wife.

Now, of my Lady Fear-nothing, did this Mr. Self-Conceit beget this

gentleman, Mr. Carnal-Security. Wherefore, there being then in Mansoul

those strange kinds of mixtures, it was hard for them, in some cases, to

find out who were natives, who not, for Mr. Carnal-Security sprang from

my Lord Willbewill by mother’s side, though he had for his father a

Diabolonian by nature.

Well, this Carnal-Security took much after his father and mother; he was

self-conceited, he feared nothing, he was also a very busy man: nothing

of news, nothing of doctrine, nothing of alteration, or talk of

alteration, could at any time be on foot in Mansoul, but be sure Mr.

Carnal-Security would be at the head or tail of it: but, to be sure, he

would decline those that he deemed the weakest, and stood always with

them in his way of standing, that he supposed was the strongest side.

Now, when Shaddai the mighty, and Emmanuel his Son, made war upon

Mansoul, to take it, this Mr. Carnal-Security was then in town, and was a

great doer among the people, encouraging them in their rebellion, putting

them upon hardening themselves in their resisting the King’s forces: but

when he saw that the town of Mansoul was taken, and converted to the use

of the glorious Prince Emmanuel; and when he also saw what was become of

Diabolus, and how he was unroosted, and made to quit the castle in the

greatest contempt and scorn; and that the town of Mansoul was well lined

with captains, engines of war, and men, and also provision; what doth he

but slyly wheel about also; and as he had served Diabolus against the

good Prince, so he feigned that he would serve the Prince against his

foes.

And having got some little smattering of Emmanuel’s things by the end,

being bold, he ventures himself into the company of the townsmen, any

attempts also to chat among them. Now he knew that the power and

strength of the town of Mansoul was great, and that it could not but be

pleasing to the people, if he cried up their might and their glory.

Wherefore he beginneth his tale with the power and strength of Mansoul,

and affirmed that it was impregnable; now magnifying their captains and

their slings, and their rams; then crying up their fortifications and

strongholds; and, lastly, the assurances that they had from their Prince,

that Mansoul should be happy for ever. But when he saw that some of the

men of the town were tickled and taken with his discourse, he makes it

his business, and walking from street to street, house to house, and man

to man, he at last brought Mansoul to dance after his pipe, and to grow

almost as carnally secure as himself; so from talking they went to

feasting, and from feasting to sporting; and so to some other matters.

Now Emmanuel was yet in the town of Mansoul, and he wisely observed their

doings. My Lord Mayor, my Lord Willbewill, and Mr. Recorder were also

all taken with the words of this tattling Diabolonian gentleman,

forgetting that their Prince had given them warning before to take heed

that they were not beguiled with any Diabolonian sleight; he had further

told them that the security of the now flourishing town of Mansoul did

not so much lie in her present fortifications and force, as in her so

using of what she had, as might oblige her Emmanuel to abide within her

castle. For the right doctrine of Emmanuel was, that the town of Mansoul

should take heed that they forgot not his Father’s love and his; also,

that they should so demean themselves as to continue to keep themselves

therein. Now this was not the way to do it, namely, to fall in love with

one of the Diabolonians, and with such an one too as Mr. Carnal-Security

was, and to be led up and down by the nose by him; they should have heard

their Prince, feared their Prince, loved their Prince, and have stoned

this naughty pack to death, and took care to have walked in the ways of

their Prince’s prescribing: for then should their peace have been as a

river, when their righteousness had been like the waves of the sea.

Now when Emmanuel perceived that through the policy of Mr.

Carnal-Security the hearts of the men of Mansoul were chilled and abated

in their practical love to him,

First. He bemoans them, and, condoles their state with the Secretary,

saying, ‘Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and that Mansoul had

walked in my ways! I would have fed them with the finest of the wheat;

and with honey out of the rock would I have sustained them.’ This done,

he said in his heart, ‘I will return to the court, and go to my place,

till Mansoul shall consider and acknowledge their offence.’ And he did

so, and the cause and manner of his going away from them was, that

Mansoul declined him, as is manifest in these particulars.

‘1. They left off their former way of visiting him, they came not to his

royal palace as afore.

‘2. They did not regard, nor yet take notice, that he came or came not to

visit them.

‘3. The love-feasts that had wont to be between their Prince and them,

though he made them still, and called them to them, yet they neglected to

come to them, or to be delighted with them.

‘4. They waited not for his counsels, but began to be headstrong and

confident in themselves, concluding that now they were strong and

invincible, and that Mansoul was secure, and beyond all reach of the foe,

and that her state must needs be unalterable for ever.’

Now, as was said, Emmanuel perceiving that by the craft of Mr.

Carnal-Security, the town of Mansoul was taken off from their dependence

upon him, and upon his Father by him, and set upon what by them was

bestowed upon it; he first, as I said, bemoaned their state, then he used

means to make them understand that the way that they went on in was

dangerous: for he sent my Lord High Secretary to them, to forbid them

such ways; but twice when he came to them, he found them at dinner in Mr.

Carnal-Security’s parlour; and perceiving also that they were not willing

to reason about matters concerning their good, he took grief and went his

way; the which when he had told to the Prince Emmanuel, he took offence,

and was grieved also, and so made provision to return to his Father’s

court.