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134 :Tell them that they have left their house and home,
 * Are turnèd Pilgrims, seek a world to come;
 * That they have met with hardships in the way,
 * That they do meet with troubles, night and day;
 * Yea, tell them of the next, who have,
 * Of love of pilgrimage, been stout and brave
 * Defenders of that way, and how they still
 * Refuse this world, to do their Father's will.


 * Go, tell them also of those dainty things,
 * That pilgrimage unto the Pilgrim brings.
 * Let them acquainted be, too, how they are
 * Belovèd of their King, under his care.
 * What goodly mansions he for them provides,
 * Though they meet with rough winds and swelling tides;
 * How brave a calm they will enjoy at last,
 * Who to their Lord, and by his ways hold fast.


 * Perhaps with heart and hand they will embrace
 * Thee, as they did my firstling, and will grace
 * Thee and thy fellows with such cheer and fare,
 * As show that they of Pilgrims lovers are.