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Rh ſaving of my life, 'twould be the beſt way to ſtand.

So he went on, and Apollyon met him; now the Monſter was hidious to behold, he was cloathed with ſcales like a Fiſh (and they are his pride) he had Wings like a Dragon, and out of his belly came Fire and Smoak, and his mouth was as the mouth of a Lion. When he was come up to Chriſtian, he beheld him with a difdainful countenance, and thus began to queftion with him.

Apol. Whence come you and whither are you bound?

Chr. I come from the City of Deſtruclion,$l$ which is the place of betwixt all evil, and am going to the City of Zion.

Apol. ''By this I perceive thou art one of my Subjects, for all that Countrey is mine; and I am the Prince and God of it. How is it then that thou haft ran away from thy King? Were it not that I hope thou maieſt do me more ſervice, I would ſtrike thee now at one blow to the ground.''

Chr. I was born indeed in your Dominions, but your ſervice was hard, and your wages ſuch as a man could