hers, lest any should
speak in their behalf, or join themselves unto them. But Christian and
Faithful behaved themselves yet more wisely, and received the ignominy
and shame that was cast upon them with so much meekness and patience,
that it won to their side--though but few in comparison of the
rest--several of the men in the fair. This put the other party yet into
a greater rage, insomuch that they concluded the death of these two men.
Wherefore they threatened that neither cage nor irons should serve their
turn, but that they should die for the abuse they had done, and for
deluding the men of the fair.

Then were they remanded to the cage again until further order should be
taken with them. So they put them in, and made them fast in the stocks.

Here, therefore, they called again to mind what they had heard from
their faithful friend Evangelist, and were the more confirmed in their
way and sufferings, by what he told them would happen to them. They also
now comforted each other, that whose lot it was to suffer, even he
should have the best of it; therefore each man secretly wished that he
might have that preferment. But committing themselves to the all-wise
disposal of him that ruleth all things, with much content they abode in
the condition in which they were until they should be otherwise disposed
of.

Then a convenient time being appointed, they brought them forth to their
trial, in order to their condemnation. When the time was come, they were
brought before their enemies, and arraigned. The judge's name was Lord
Hate-good; their indictment was one and the same in substance, though
somewhat varying in form; the contents whereof was this: That they were
enemies to, and disturbers of, the trade; that they had made commotions
and divisions in the town, and had won a party to their own most
dangerous opinions, in contempt of the law of their prince.

Then Faithful began to answer, that he had only set himself against that
which had set itself against Him that is higher than the highest. And,
said he, as for disturbance, I make none, being myself a man of peace:
the parties that were won to us, were won by beholding our truth and
innocence, and they are only turned from the worse to the better. And as
to the king you talk of, since he is Beelzebub, the enemy of our Lord, I
defy him and all his angels.

Then proclamation was made, that they that had aught to say for their
lord the king against the prisoner at the