NowIsawinmydream,thatattheendofthisvalleylayblood,bones,ashes,andmangledbodiesofmen,evenofpilgrimsthathadgonethiswayformerly;andwhileIwasmusingwhatshouldbethereason,Iespiedalittlebeforemeacave,wheretwogiants,POPEandPAGAN,dweltinoldtime;
bywhosepowerandtyrannythemenwhosebones,blood,andashes,&c。,laythere,werecruellyputtodeath。ButbythisplaceChristianwentwithoutmuchdanger,whereatIsomewhatwondered;
butIhavelearntsince,thatPAGANhasbeendeadmanyaday;
andasfortheother,thoughhebeyetalive,heis,byreasonofage,andalsoofthemanyshrewdbrushesthathemetwithinhisyoungerdays,grownsocrazyandstiffinhisjoints,thathecannowdolittlemorethansitinhiscave’smouth,grinningatpilgrimsastheygoby,andbitinghisnailsbecausehecannotcomeatthem。
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