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Rh when I came to my ſelf again, I cried him mercy; but he ſaid, I know not to ſhow mercy, and with that knockt me down again. He had doubtleſs made a hand of me, but that one came by, and bid him forbear.

Chr. Who was that, that bid him forbear?

Faith. I did not know him at firſt, but as he went by, I perceived the holes in his hands, and his ſide; then I concluded that he was our Lord. So I went up the Hill.

Chr. That Man that overtook you, was Moſes, he ſpareth none, neither temper of knoweth he how to ſhew mercy to that tranſgreſs his Law.

Faith. I know it very well, it was not the firſt time that he has met with me. 'Twas he that came to me when I dwelt ſecurely at home, and that told me, He would burn my Houſe over my head, if I ſtaid there.

Chr. But did not you fee the Houſe that flood there on the top of that Hill, on the ſide of which Moſes met you?

Faith. Yes, and the Lions too,before I came at it; but for the Lions, I think they were a ſleep, for it was about Noon; and becauſe I had ſo much