let us hear
what thou hast to say.

Faithful.--I say, then, to Mr. Envy, that all laws and modes of life in
which men heed not the Word of God are full of sin. As to the charge of
Mr. Superstition, I would urge that nought can save us if we do not
the will of God. To Mr. Pick-thank, I say that men should flee from the
Prince of this town and his friends, as from the wrath to come and so, I
pray the Lord to help me.

Then the Judge, to sum up the case, spoke thus: You see this man who has
made such a stir in our town. You have heard what these good men have
said of him, which he owns to be true. It rests now to you to save his
life or hang him.

The twelve men who had Faithful's life in their hands spoke in a low
tone thus: This man is full of schisms, said Mr. Blind-man. Out of the
world with him, said Mr. No-good. I hate the mere look of him, said Mr.
Malice. From the first I could not bear him, said Mr. Love-ease. Nor I,
for he would be sure to blame my ways, said Mr. Live-loose. Hang him,
hang him! said Mr. Heady. A low wretch! said Mr. High-mind. I long to
crush him, said Mr. Enmity. He is a rogue, said Mr. Liar. Death is too
good for him, said Mr. Cruelty. Let us kill him, that he may be out of
the way, said Mr. Hate-light. Then said Mr. Implacable: Not to gain all
the world would I make peace with him, so let us doom him to death.
And so they did, and in a short time he was led back to the place from
whence he came, there to be put to the worst death that could be thought
of; for the scourge, the sword, and the stake brought Faithful to his
end.

Now I saw that there stood near the crowd a strange car with two bright
steeds, which, as soon as his foes had slain him, took Faithful up
through the clouds straight to The Celestial City, with the sound of the
harp and lute.

As for Christian, for this time he got free; and there came to him one
Hopeful, who did so from what he had heard and seen of Christian and
Faithful. Thus, while one lost his life for the truth, a new man rose
from his death, to tread the same way with Christian. And Hopeful said
there were more men of the fair who would take their time, and then come
too.

By and by their way lay just on the bank of a pure stream, from which
they drank. On each side of it were green trees that bore fruit, and in
a field through which it ran they lay down to sleep. When they woke up
they sat for a while in the shade of the boughs; thus they went on for
th