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Rh a Pilgrim, they have diſowned me, as I alſo have rejected them; and therefore they were to me now, no more then if they had never been of [my Linage; I told him moreover, That as to this Valley, he had quite miſs-repreſented the thing: for before Honour is Humility, and a haughty ſpirit before a fall. Therefore ſaid I, I had rather go through this Valley to the Honour that was ſo accounted by the wiſeſt, then chuſe that which he eſteemed moſt worth our affections.

Chr. Met you with nothing elſe in that Valley?

Faith. Yes, I met with Shame; He is But of all the Men that I met with in my Pilgrimage. he I think bears the wrong name : the other would be ſaid nay, after after a little argumentation, ( and ſome what elſe) but this bold faced Shame, would never have done.

Chr. Why, what did he ſay to you?

Faith. What! why he objected againſt Religion it ſelf; he ſaid it was a pitiful low ſneaking buſinefs for a Man to mind Religion; he ſaid that a tender conſcience was an un-manly thing, and that for a Man to watch over