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JMatotu.it en- ble> "P? ,'hou reiS» ove'' "s" So |'c . ^ accepted the motion, and became the
tertainea jar . f h y f M K This b
their kinr, . . ° « ■ .. . .
d ing done, the next thing was, to give
him possession of the castle, and so of the whole strength
of the town. Wherefore into the castle he goes(it was that
which Shaddai built in Mansoul, for his own delight and
pleasure) : this was now become a den and hold for the
TT . . , r. giant Diabolus. Now having got pos-
He is possessed of ° r . . . . ° ..» r.
. l 4l , session ol this stately palace or castle,
the castle, and , lfl u *■ 1 •* •
r. ?- ,. ' - what doth he, but make it a garrison
fortifieth it for £ , . ,f i . . j r *•
■\ . J ,f * tor himself, and strengthens and iom-
^ " fies it with all sorts of provisions
against the King Shaddai, or those that should endeavor
the regaining of it to him and his obedience again.*
This done, but not thinking himself yet secure enough,
_.. , . in the next place he bethinks himself
Diabolus new mo- c ,r„. ., . , ,
, , • of new-modelling the town : and so he
does, setting up one, and putting down another at pleasure. Wherefore my Lord Mayor, whose name was my Lord Understanding, and Mr. Re- corder, whose name was Mr. Conscience, these he put out of place and power.
As for my Lord Mayor, though he was an understand-
77 Lord M m man> anc* one t0° tnat had com*
j \ , r^ plied with the rest of the town of Man-
iiut out oftilace. r , . , . . t . ■ . . ,
1 J J soul in admitting the giant into the
town, 2 Cor. x. 4, 5, yet Diabolus thought not fit to let him abide in his former lustre and glory, because he was a seeing man, Eph. iv. 18, 19, wherefore he had dark- ened him not only by taking from him his office and power, but by building of an high and strong tower, just between the sun's reflections and the windows of my lord's palace ; by which means the house, and the whole of his habita- tion, was made as dark as darkness itself : and thus, being
* The heart of fallen man, signified by the castle, is in the pos- session of satan ; " the strong man armed" keepeth this palace, which was erected for the habitation of God. The powers of the soul are perverted, and made " strong holds" against God, 2 Cor. x. 4. Satan is become " the prince of this world," and powerfully works in the children of disobedience, Eph. ii. Yea, he is called " the god of this world," and is not only obeyed by sinners univer- sally, but, under various forms, is worshipped by many of the hea- then.
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alienated from the light, he became as one that was tyorn blind. To this house my lord was confined, as to a pri- son ; nor might he, upon his parole, go further than within his own bounds. And now, had he had an heart to do for Mansoul, what could he do for it, or wherein could he be profitable to her ? So then, so long as Man- soul was under the power and government of Diabolus (and so long it was under him, as it was obedient to him ; which was even until by a war it was rescued out of his hand ;) so long my Lord Mayor was rather an impedi- ment in, than an advantage to, the famous town of Man- soul.*
As for Mr. Recorder, before the town was taken, he
was a man well read in the laws of 1 he recorder put ^ K-n^ and alsQ ft man of couragG
out of fuace. and faithfuiness to speak truth on ev-
ery occasion ; and he had a tongue as bravely hung, as he had an head filled with judgment. Now this man, Diabolus could by no means abide, because, though he gave his consent to his coming into the town, yet he could not, by all wiles, trials, stratagems, and devices that he could use, make him his own. True, he was much degenerated from his former King, and also much pleased with the giant's service, and many of his laws. But this would not do, forasmuch as he was not wholly his ; he would now and then think upon He sometimes Shaddai, and have a dread of his law up- sfieaksfor the Qn himj and then he would speak against first King. Diabolus with a voice as great as when
a lion roareth ; yea, and would also at certain times, when his fits were upon him (for you must know, that sometimes he had terrible fits) make the whole town of Mansoul shake with his voice ; and therefore the new king of Mansoul could not abide him.f
* The understanding, which was once full of light, is now most miserably darkened by sin and satan ; so that man is " alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance and blindness of his heart." The understanding, which took the lead in the heart, as chief magistrate, is now deposed, and the corrupted will takes his
place.
f The office and power of conscience (or the old recorder) is beau- tifully described. He will sometimes speak, yea, roar aloud, testi- fying for God, and against sin. But it is the interest of satan to de- bauch the conscience, and, if possible, to silence it ; and, if this cannot be done, to represent its faithful remonstrances a? the rav- ing's of madness.
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Diabolus therefore feared the recorder more than
any that was left alive in the town of Mansoul, because,
as I said, his words did shake the whole town ; they
were like the rattling of thunder, and also like thunder
claps. Since therefore the giant could not make him
wholly his own, what doth he do but studies all that he
could to debauch the old gentleman, and by debauch-
„. . . ery to stupify his mind, and more har-
He is more de» , J ,. ,* '. ., c .. . ,
. . , ,. den his heart in the ways of vanitv. And
bauched than , , , •• i .«•
, - as he attempted, so he accomplished his
eJ° ' design: he debauched the man, and by
little and little so drew him into sin and wickedness,
that at last he was not only debauched as at first, and so
by consequence defiled ; but was almost (at last, I say,}
past all conscience of sin. And this was the farthest Di-
abolus could go. Wherefore he bethinks him of another
project, and that was, to persuade the men of the town
that Mr. Recorder was mad, and so not to be regarded.
And for this he urged his fits, and said, If he be himself,
why doth he not do thus always ? But, quoth he, all mad
folk have their fits, and in them raving language ; so
hath this old and doating gentleman. Thus bv one
The town taken means or other he quickly got : Man-
cfffrom heeding s0,uld to 8l,JBht> l^^' and ?? sPlse jJ?J * whatever Mr. Recorder could say.
For, besides what you have already
heard, Diabolus had a way to make the old gentleman,
when he was merry, unsay and deny what he in his fits
„ had affirmed. And indeed this was
How conscience . . , , • ir ,.
... the next way to make himselt ndicu-
becomes so ridi- , , ' . . . ,,
, .,, lous, and to cause that no man should
culous as with , ,- A1 ,
. . . regard him. Also now he never
ca a ' spake freely for King Shaddai, but al-
ways by force and constraint. Besides, he would at one time be hot against that, about which at another, he would hold his peace, so uneven was he now in his doings. Sometimes he would be as if fast asleep, and again some- times as dead, even then when the whole town of Man- soul was in her career after vanity, and in her dance af- ter the giant's pipe.
Wherefore sometimes, when Mansoul did use to be frighted *with the thundering voice of the recorder that was, and when thev did tell Diabolus of it, he would an- C 2
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i\vcr, that what the old gentleman said, was neithfe of love to him, nor pity to them, but of a foolish fondness that he had to be prating ; and so would hush, still, and put all to quiet again. And that he might leave no ar- S t ' al Sument unurged that might tend to make , . them secure, he said, and said it often, Oh
Mansoul 1 consider, that notwithstanding the old gentleman's rage, and the rattle of his high and thun- dering words, you hear nothing of Shaddai himself, (when, liar and deceiver that he was, &vcry outcry of Mr. Recorder against the sin of Mansoul was the voice of God in him to them.) But he goes on, and says, you see that he values not the loss nor rebellion of the town of Mansoul : nor will he trouble himself with calling his town to a reckoning, for their giving themselves to me. He knows, that though ye were his, now you arc law- fully mine ; so leaving us to one another ; he hath now shaken his hands of us.
Moreover, O Mansoul ! quoth he, consider how I have served you, even to the uttermost of my power ; and that with the best that I have, could get, or procure for you in all the world : besides, I dare say, that the laws and customs that you now are under, and by which
s ' ft you ^° nornaSe t0 nie> ^° Yie^ vou m<>re . J1 " solace and content than did the para- dise that at first you possessed. Your . liberty also, as yourselves do very well
know, has been greatly widened and en- larged by me ; whereas I found you a penned up peo- ple, I have not laid any restraint upon you : you have no law statute, or judgment of mine to fright you; I call none of you to account for your doings, except the mad- man, you know who I mean : I have granted you to live, each man like a prince in his own palace, even with as little control from me as I have from you.
And thus would Diabolus hush up and quiet the town
,, . of Mansoul, when the recorder that
Men sometimes ^ ^ ^^ ^^ them . y^
angry with their ^ ^ ^ curged orations as these conscience. would set the whole town in a rage and
fury against the old gentleman ; yea, the rascally crew would sometimes be for destroying him. They have of- :en wished in my hearing, that he had lived a thousand
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miles off from them ; his company, his words, yea, the sight of him, and especially when they remembered how in old times he did -use to threaten and condemn them, for all he was now so debauched, did terrify and afflict them sore.*
But ail their wishes were vain ; for I don't know how, unless by the power of Shaddai, and his wisdom, he was preserved in being amongst them. Besides his house was as strong as a castle, and stood hard by a strong- T. hold of the town ; moreover, if at any time
1U thoughts. any ot- the crew or rabble attempted to
* Qf f make him away, he cduUI pull up the slui-
j jears. ceS)* an(j jet jn sucn floods as would drown
all round about him.
But to leave Mr. Recorder, and to come to my Lord _, ... Will-be-will, another of the famous town of Iheivid. Mansoul born in Mansoul, and was as much, if not more, a free- holder, than many of them were ; besides, if I remember my tale aright, he had some privileges peculiar to him- self in the famous town of Mansoul. Now, together with these, he was a man of great strength, resolution and courage, nor in his occasion could any turn him away. But I say, whether he was proud of his estate, privileges, strength, or what (but sure it was through pride of something) he scorns now to be a slave in Man- soul ; and therefore resolves to bear office under Dia- bolus, that he might (such a one as he was) be a petty ruler and governor in Mansoul ; and (headstrong man that he was) thus he began betimes; for this man, when Diaboius did make his oration at Ear-gate, was one of the first that was for consenting to his words, and for ac- cepting his counsel as wholesome, and that was for open- ing the gate, and letting him into the town ; wherefore Diaboius had a kindness for him, and for that reason de- signed him for a place ; and, perceiving the valour and stoutness of the man, he coveted to have him for one of
* Conscience, in natural men, is very unequal and irregular in his opposition to sin ; jet, by fits and starts lie will cry out, and so frighten the sinner, that lie wishes him " a. thousand miles off," so as to give him no disturbance, or prevent nis quiet enjoyment of that liberty to sin, which Satan boasts he has granted to Mansoul. Nevertheless the power of conscience cannot be utterly destroyed.
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his great ones, to act and do in matters of the highest concern.*
So he sent for him, and talked with him of that secret matter which lay in his breast ; but there needed not The will takes mUch Persuas'10n in the case ; for as at place under Di- first h? was willinS tha* Diabolus should
abolut ^e *et *nto ^ie town» s0 now ne was as
willing to serve him there. When the tyrant, therefore, perceived the willingness of my lord to serve him, and that his mind stood bending that way, he forthwith made him captain of the castle, governor of the wall, and keeper of the gates of Mansoul ; yea, there was a clause in his commission, that nothing without him should be done in all the town of Mansoul ; so that now, next to Diabolus himself, who but my Lord Will- be-will in all the town of Mansoul ! nor could any thing be now done, but at his will and pleasure, throughout Mr M' d the town of Mansoul, Rom. viii. 7. He
"r, \/> m, ' fiy had also one Mr. Mind for his clerk: L,ora § clerk. , .-, , •
a man, to speak on, every way like his
master : for he and his lord were in principle one, and in practice not far asunder, Eph ii. 2, 3, 4. And now was Mansoul brought under to purpose, and made to fulfil the lusts of the will, and of the mind.f
But it will not be out of my thoughts, what a desperate one this Will-be-will was, when power was put into his hand. First, he flatly denied that he owed any suit or service to his former prince and liege Lord. This done* in the next place he took an oath, swore fidelity to his great master Diabolus, and then being seated and set- tled in his place, office, advancement, and preferment, oh, you cannot think- unless you had seen it, the strange work that this workman made in the town of Mansoul.
* My Lord Will-be-tvill — The author represents the will as a lord, a person of great consequence in the town, and very justly, for the human will is that power of the soul whereby we chuse and deter- mine. It is a governing faculty, and there could be no sin, till the will consented^to the temptation. In fallen man the will is not sub- ject to the law of God, but obstinately opposed to it, and therefore a fit deputy for the devil.
f By the" mind, the author probably designs the judgment, or that faculty by which we distinguish between good and evil, and we are assured by tke scriptures thitf " the carnal mind is enmity against God."
First, He maligned Mr. Recorder to death ; he would
—,, i it j neither endure to see him, nor hear
Tie carnal will o/i- . , c , , . ' , .
1 the words of his moUth, he would
iwscs conscience. , .. , , . .
y shut his eyes wnen he saw him, and
stop his ears, when he heard him speak. Also he could not endure that so much as a fragment of ihe law of Shaddai should be any where seen in the town. For ex- ample, his clerk, Mr. Mind, had some old rents, Nehem. ix. 26. and torn parchments of the law of good Shaddai in his house ; but when Will-be-will saw them, he cast them behind his back. True, Mr. Recorder had some of the laws in his study ; but my lord could by no-means Crr /* '11 come at them: he also thought, and
u" 1 , said, the windows of my old lord mayor's loves a dark , ' , ' .. , r J .
, ,. house were always too light lor the
m*' profit of the townof Mansoul. The light
of a candle he could not endure. Now nothing at all
pleased Will-be-will, but what pleased Diabolus his
lord.*
There was no other like him to trumpet about the streets the brave nature, the wise conduct, and great glo- ry of the king Diabolus.
He would range throughout all the streets of Man- soul, to cry up his illustrious lord ; and would make — . , . himself even as an abject, among the base and rascally crew, to cry up his valiant prince. And I say, when and wheresoever he found those vassals, he would even make himself as one of them. In all ill courses, he would act without bid- ding, and do mischief without commandment.
The Lord Will-be-will also had a deputy under him, and his name was Mr. Affection : one that was also greatly debauched in his principles, and answered there- to in his life, Rom. i. 25 ; he was only given to the flesh, and therefore they call him Vile-affection. Now there was he, and one Carnal-lust, the daughter of Mr. Mind A , , (like to like, quoth the devil to the col-
7 matc* e' lier) that fell in love and made a match,
r. ,. , J and were married : and, as I take it,
fection and . . , . ' •_ .. ' •«*.*>«
K'r j , thev had several children, as Impu-
Larnal-iust. ^lictj Black-mouth, and Rate-reproof.
• Great is the aversion of the carnal mind and will to the Bible, Never was greater hatred to it discovered than in this day ! But
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These three were black boys ; and besides these three, they had three daughters, as Scorn-truth, Slight-God, and the name of the youngest was Revenge ; these were all married in the town, and also begat and yielded ma- ny bad brats, too many to be inserted. But to pass by this.*
When the giant had thus ingarrisoned himself in the town of Mansoul, and had put down and had set up whom he thought good, he betakes himself to defacing. Now there was in the market-place of Mansoul, and also upon the gates of the castle, an image of the blessed King Shaddai : this image was so exactly engraven (and it was engraven in gold) that it did the most resemble Shad- dai himself, of any thing that then was extant in the world.
vm. * \~ , .l This he basely commanded to be defac- l\ hat No -truth , . . J . . , . _« , , ... ed, and it was basely done by the hands
of Mr. No-truth. Now you must knew,
that as Diabolus had commanded, and that by the hand
of Mr. No-truth, the image of Shaddai was defaced ; he
likewise gave order that the same Mr. No-truth should
set up, in its stead, the horrid and formidable image of
Diabolus ; to the great contempt of the former King,
and debasing his town of Mansoul. t
Moreover, Diabolus made havock of all remains of
*,. ilk the laws and statutes of Shaddai, that
. " , , could be found in the town of Mansoul ;
's.,?f, a, to wit, such as contained either doc- cculd be found. . , . , ,, • ., ,
J trines or morals, with all civil and na-
tural documents : also relative severities he sought to extinguish. To be short, there was nothing of the remains of good in Mansoul, which he and WiU-be-wiH sought not to destroy ; for their design was, to turn Man- soul into a brute, and to make it like to the sensual sow, by the hands of Mr. No-truth. i.
why do our infidels hate it ? The true reason is, " they love dark- ness rather than light, because their deeds are evil," John iii. 19. The little remaining light of conscience they cannot endure, be- cause it condemns their beloved carnality.
* The affections follow the dictates of the will. The offspring of Vile-affection and Carnal-lust are enumerated : — a wretched brood !
f God made man in his own holy and beautiful image. Sin has miserably defaced this image of God in the soul, and substituted the horrid and deformed image of the devil. O what a change !
* Satan would obliterate all the commandments of God, prevent
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When he had destroyed what law and good orders he
rnu j
The edicts of . , ,. ,T ir
r,. , , „ . si^n, namely to alienate Mansoul from
Diabolus set ufu cp ', . , J v. . , *
1 Shaddai her King, he commands, and
they set up his own vain edicts, statutes and command- ments, in all places of resort or concourse in Mansoul, J John ii. 1 6. to v/it, such as gave liberty to " the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eyes, and the pride of life, which are not of Shaddai, but of the world." He encouraged, countenanced, and promoted, lasciviousness and all un- godliness there. Yea, much more did Diabolus to en- courage wickedness in the town of Mansoul ; he pro- mised them peace, content, joy, and bliss, in doing his commands, and. that they should never be called to an account for their not doing the contrary. And let this serve to give a taste to them that love to hear of what is done beyond their knowledge, afar off in other countries,
Now Mansoul being wholjy at his beck, and brought wholly to his bow, nothing was seen or heard therein but that which tended to set up him.
But now, he having disabled the Lord Mayor and Mr,
rr- , Recorder from bearirier any office in
They have a new t T , , * s - / - .
. , . Mansoul, and seem? that the town,
lord mayor and a , r , :-- 9 *.
new recorder before he came to it, was the most
ancient of corporations in the world ; and fearing, if he did not maintain greatness, they at any time should object that he had done them an inju« ry ; therefore, I say (that they might see that he did not intend to lessen their grandeur, or to take from them any of their advantageous things) he did chqse for them a lord mayor and a recorder to himself ; and such as contented tham to the heart, and such also as pleased him wonderous well.
The name of the mayor, that was of Diabolus's ma»
Th ' king, was the lord Lustings. A man tha*t
new j^ neither eyes nor ears ; ail that he did,
lord mayor. whether as a man? or an officer, he did it
naturally as doth the beast ; and that which made him
the practice of all duty to him or to our neighbor, and make us merely carnal and brutish. Awfully hath he succeededs so that man is become that motley monster—" hjlfbeast-^hftlf-deTU»w W Bishop Hall calls him : uniting in himself the sensual appetites Qi' the former, with the diabolical tempers of the latter,
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yet more ignoble, though not to Mansoul, yet to them that beheld, and were grieved for its ruin, was that he could never favor good, but evil.*
The recorder was one whose name was Forget-good ; ' and a very sorry fellow he was : he could
6 nf r remember nothing but mischief, and to do it with delight, lie was naturally prone to do things that are hurtful : even hurtful to the town of Man- soul, and all the dwellers there. These two, therefore, by their power and practice, examples, and smiles upon evil, did much more mischief, and settled the common people in hurtful ways, for who doth not perceive, that Avhen those that si' aloft are vile and corrupt themselves, they corrupt the whole region and country where they are.f
Besides these, Diabolus made several burgesses and Tj . , aldermen in Mansoul, such as out of
e to ma -e w|10m tiie t0Wn, when it needed, might tJ€m nC'U' chuse them officers, governors, and ma-
gistrates ; and these are the names of the chief of them : Mr. Incredulity, Mr. Haughty, Mr. Swearing, Mr. Whoring, Mr. Hard-heart, Mr. Pitiless, Mr. Fury, Mr. No-truth, Mr. Stand-to-lies, Mr. False- peace, Mr. Drunkenness, Mr. Cheating, Mr. Atheism, thirteen in all. Mr. Incredulity is the eldest, and Mr. Atheism the youngest of the company.|
There was also an election of common councilmen, and others ; as bailiffs, Serjeants, constables, &c. but all of them, like those aforenamed, being either fathers, brothers, cousins, or nephews to them, whose names, for brevity-sake, I omit to mention.
When the giant had thus far proceeded^! his work, in
* Instead of the imderstanding, which, before the revolution, go- ♦erned the town, Mr. Lustings is made lord mayor. This wretch " had neither eyes nor ears." So beastly are carnal lusts, that they pay no regard to reason nor danger, but are hurried on by mere appetite to every fleshly indulgence.
f The memory has suffered much by the fall. It is wonderfully tenacious of evil, but is sure to forget even thing that is good.
? A fit set o« wretches to govern under Diabolus ! It is well ob- served, that o these vile aldermen, Incredulity (or unbelief) was the eldest, and Atheim, the youngest. Unbelief naturally ends in atheism .
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the next place he betook him to build some strong holds in the town ; and he built
three strong thfee thafc seemed to be impregnable. holds. The firsthe called the hold of Defiance,
because it was made to command the whole town, and to keep it from the knowledge of its ancient King. The second he called Midnight-hold, because it was built on purpose to keep Mansoul from the true knowledge of itself. The third was called Sweet-sin-hold, because by that he fortified Mansoul against all desires of good. The first of these holds stood close by Eye-gate, that the light might as much as possible be darkened there. The se- cond was built hard by the old castle, to the end that that might be made more blind if possible. And the third stood in the market-place.
He that Diabolus made governor over the first of these, was one Spite-God, a most blasphemous wretch. He came with the whole rabble of them that came against Mansoul at first, and was himself one of themselves. He that was made the governor of Midnight-hold was one Love-no-light, he was also one of them that came first against the town. And he that was made the governor of the hold, called Sweet-sin-hold, was one whose name was Love-flesh ; he was also a very lewd fellow, but not of that country from whence the others are bound. This fellow could find more sweetness when he was sucking a lust, than he did in the Paradise of God.
And now Diabolus thought himself safe ; he had taken
r>. . . , Mansoul ; he had in^arrisoned himself
Diabolus has - . / , , . , ° ... , , ~
... therein ; he had put down the old officers,
and set up new ones; he had defaced the image of Shaddai, and had set up his own ; he had spoil- ed the old law books, and had promoted his own vain lies ; he had made him new magistrates and set up new aldermen ; he had built his new holds, and had manned them for himself. And all this he did to make himself secure, in case the good Shaddai, or his Son, should come to make an incursion upon him.*
* The revolution is completed. The understanding" is darken- ed; the conscience debauched ; the *vill perverted ; tr;e image of God defaced ; the law of God suppressed ; and beastly lusts tri- umphant. While the proud sinner ci- fies Go ,;. lov es midnight darkness and wallows in sin. What an awful bui. accurate picture of apostate man ! God be merciful to us sinners !
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CHAP. III.
Information of the Revolution carried to Shad 'dai—- His great Resentment on the Occasion — His gracious In- tentions of restoring Mansoul — Some Intimation of this published— Care of Dia bolus to suppress this Informa- tion— His stratagems to secure the Possession of the Town, and fir event its return to Shaddai.
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OW you may well think, that, long before this time, word by some or other could not but be carried Tidings carried l° lhe f od ^ Shaddai, how his to the court, of Mansoul on he continem of Universe what had hap- ^as lost ; and that the giant Diabolus, fiened to Man- °n SQUl had, in rebellion against the King,
made sure thereof for himself, and that to a very circumstance.
At first, how Diabolus came upon Mansoul, (they be- ing a simple people and innocent) with craft, subtlety, lies, and guile : Item, That he had treacherously slain their right noble and valiant captain, the Captain Resis- tance, as he stood upon the gate with the rest of the townsmen : Item, How my brave Lord Innocent fell down dead (with grief, some say ; or with being poison- ed with the stinking breath of one Ill-pause, as say oth- ers) at the hearing of his just Lord and rightful Prince Shaddai so abused by the mouth of so filthy a diabolo- nian as that varlet Ill-pause was. The messenger fur- ther told, that after this Ill-pause had made a short ora- tion to the townsmen, in behalf of Diabolus his master, the simple town, believing to be true what was said, with one consent did open Ear-gate, the chief gate of the cor- poration, and did let him with his crew into the posses- sion of the famous town of Mansoul. He further shew- ed how Diabolus had served the Lord Mayor and Mr. Recorder, to wit, that he had put them from all place of power and trust. Item, He shewed also that my Lord Will-be-will was turned a very rebel and runagate, and so was Mr. Mind, his clerk ; and that they two did range and revel it all the town over, and teach the wicked one's their ways. He said moreover, that this Will-be-will
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was put into great trust, and particularly that Diabolus
had put into Will-be- will's hand all the strong places in
Mansoul ; and that Mr. Affection was made my Lord
Will-be-will's deputy, in his most rebellious affairs.
Yea, said the messenger, this monster, Lord Will-be-
will, has openly disavowed the King Shaddai, and hath
given his faith and plighted troth to Diabolus.
Also, said the messenger, besides this, the new king,
or rather rebellious tyrant, over the once famous,but now
,. ~ perishing: town of Mansoul, has set up a
J\ew officers ! , & , , f ». t?
j i. • Z ^ i lord mavor and recorder 01 his own. r or ahticinted by \ . 4 AT T