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10 they wallowed for a time, being grieviouſly bedaubed with the dirt; And Chriſtian, because of the burden that was on his back, began to sink in the Mire.

Pli. Then said Pliable, Ah, Neighbour Chriſtian, where are you now?

Ch. Truly, said Christian, I do not know.

Pli. At that, Pliable began to be offended; and angerly ſaid to his Fellow, ''Is this the happiness you have told me all this while of? if we have such ſpeed at our firſt ſetting out, what may we expect, 'twixt this, and our Journeys end? $d$ May I get out again with my life, you shall poſſes the brave Country alone for me. And with that he gave a desperate ſtruggle or two, and got out of the Mire, on that ſide of the Slough which was next to his own Houſe: So away he went, and Chriſtian'' ſaw him no more.

Wherefore Chriſtian was left to tumble in the Slough of Diſpondency alone, but still he endeavoured to struggle in trouble, to that side of the Slough, that was ſtill, further $d$ from his own Houſe and next to the Wicket-gate; the which he did, but could not get out  cause