. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . lood-redcolour. And as in other fairs of less moment there are the severalrows and streets, under their proper names, where such andsuch wares are vended, so here likewise you have the properplaces, rows, streets (viz., countries and kingdoms), wherethe wares of this fair are soonest to be found: here is theBritain row, the French row, the Italian row, the Spanishrow, the German row, where several sorts of vanities are tobe sold. But as in other fairs some one commodity is asthe chief
. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . lood-redcolour. And as in other fairs of less moment there are the severalrows and streets, under their proper names, where such andsuch wares are vended, so here likewise you have the properplaces, rows, streets (viz., countries and kingdoms), wherethe wares of this fair are soonest to be found: here is theBritain row, the French row, the Italian row, the Spanishrow, the German row, where several sorts of vanities are tobe sold. But as in other fairs some one commodity is asthe chief of all the fair, so the ware of Rome and her mer-chandise is greatly promoted in this fair: only our Englishnation, with some others, have taken a dislike thereat. ISTow, as I said, the way to the Celestial City lies justthrough this town, where this lusty fair is kept; and he thatwill go to the city, and yet not go through this town, mustneeds go out of the world (1 Cor. v. 10). The Prince ofprinces himself, when here, went through this town to hisown country, and that upon a fair-day too; yea, and as I. think, it was Beelzebub, the chief lord of this fair, thatinvited him to buy of his vanities; yea, would have madehim lord of the fair, would he but have done him reverenceas he went through the town. Yea, because he was such a 116 THEIR PRESENCE CAUSES A HUBBUB IN THE FAIR. person of honour, Beelzebub had him from street to street, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a little time, that he might, if possible, allure that blessed one to cheapen and buy some of his vani-ties. But he had no mind to the mer-chandise, and there-fore left the town without laying out so much as one farthing upon these vanities (Matt. iv. 8; Luke iv. 5, 6, 7). This fair, there-fore, is an ancient thing, of long standing, and a very greatfair. Now these pilgrims, as I said, must needs go through thisfair ; well, so they did; but behold, even as they entered intothe fair, all the people in
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