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144 ſhame, where we would ſtand with boldneſs before him.

Demas cried again, That he alſo was one of their fraternity; and that if they would tarry a little, he alſo himſelf would walk with them.

Chr. Then ſaid Chriſtian, What is thy name? is it not it by the which I have called thee?

De. Yes, my name is Demas, I am the ſon of Abraham.

Chr. I know you, Gehazi was your Great Grandfather, and Judas your Father, and you have trod their ſteps. It is but a develiſh prank that thou uſeft:: Thy Father was hanged for a Traitor, and thou deſerveſt no better reward. Aſſure thy ſelf, that when we come to the King, we will do him word of this thy behaviour. Thus they went their way.

By this time By-ends was come again within ſight, and he at the firſt beck went over to Demas. Now whether he fell into the Pit, by looking over the brink thereof; or whether he went down to dig, or whether he was smothered in the bottom, by the damps that commonly ariſe, of theſe