re, brought him out, to do with him according to their law:
and first they scourged him, then they buffeted him, then they lanced
his flesh with knives; after that they stoned him with stones; then
pricked him with their swords; and last of all, they burned him to ashes
at the stake. Thus came Faithful to his end.

Now I saw that there stood behind the multitude a chariot and a couple
of horses, waiting for Faithful, who, so soon as his adversaries had
despatched him, was taken up into it, and straightway was carried up
through the clouds with sound of trumpet, the nearest way to the
celestial gate.

But as for Christian, he had some respite, and was remanded back to
prison; so he there remained for a space. But he who overrules all
things, having the power of their rage in his own hand, so wrought it
about, that Christian for that time escaped them, and went his way.

And as he went he sang, saying:

Well, Faithful, thou hast faithfully profest
Unto thy Lord, with whom thou shall be blest,
When faithless ones, with all their vain delights,
Are crying out under their hellish plights;
Sing, Faithful, sing, and let thy name survive,
For though they killed thee, thou art yet alive.

Now I saw in my dream that Christian went not forth alone; for there was
one whose name was Hopeful--being so made by the beholding of Christian
and Faithful in their words and behavior, in their sufferings at the
fair--who joined himself unto him, and entering into a brotherly
covenant, told him that he would be his companion. Thus one died to bear
testimony to the truth, and another rises out of his ashes to be a
companion with Christian in his pilgrimage. This Hopeful also told
Christian, that there were many more of the men in the fair that would
take their time and follow after.

I saw then that they went on their way to a pleasant river, which David
the king called "the river of God," but John, "the river of the water of
life." Now their way lay just upon the bank of this river; here,
therefore, Christian and his companion walked with great delight; they
drank also of the water of the river, which was pleasant and enlivening
to their weary spirits. Besides, on the banks of this river, on either
side, were green trees, with all manner of fruit; and the leaves they
ate to prevent surfeits, and other diseases that are incident to those
who heat their blood by travel. On either side of the river was also a
meadow, curiousl