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70 all his strength, he quickly got up with Faithful, and did also overrun him; so the last was ﬁrst. Then did Christian vain-gloriousy smile, because he had gotten the start of his brother; but not taking good heed to his feet, he suddenly stumbled and fell, and could not rise again, until Faithful came up to help him.

Then I saw in my dream they went very lovingly on together, and had sweet discourse of all things that had happened to them in their pilgrimage; and thus Christian began:

Chr. My honoured and well~beloved brother, Faithful, I am glad that I have overtaken you, and that God has so tempered our spirits, that we can wall: as companions in this so pleasant a path.

Faith. I had thought, dear friend, to have had your company quite from our town, but you did get the start of me; Wherefore I was forced to come thus much of the way alone.

Chr. How long did you stay in the City of Destruction, before you set out after me on your pilgrimage?

Faith. Till I could stay no longer; for there was great tall: presently after you were gone out, that our city would in a short time, with ﬁre from heaven, be burned down to the ground.

Chr. What! did your neighbours talk so?

Faith. Yes; it was for a While in everybody's mouth.

Chr. What! and did no more of them but you come out to escape the danger?

Faith. Though there was, as I said, a great talk thereabout, yet I do not think they did firmly believe it; for, in the heat of the discourse, I heard some of them deridingly speak of you and of your desperate journey (for so they called this your-pilgrimage); But I did believe, and do still, that the end of; our city will be with fire and brimstone from above; and therefore I have made my escape.

Chr. Did you hear no talk of neighbour Pliable?