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 THE AUTHOR'S WAY

OF SENDING FORTH HIS

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, 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 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: