. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . to this. HINDRANCES TO GOING ON PILGRIMAGE. 405 Have you any more tilings to ask me about my beginning tocome on pilgrimage ? Great-heart. Yes; was your father and mother willingthat yon should become a pilgrim ? Valiant. Oh, no; they used all means imaginable to per-suade me to stay at home. Great-heart. Why, what could they say against it ? Valiant. They said it was an idle life, and if I myselfwere not inclined to sloth and laziness, I would never counte-nance a pilgrims condition.
. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream . to this. HINDRANCES TO GOING ON PILGRIMAGE. 405 Have you any more tilings to ask me about my beginning tocome on pilgrimage ? Great-heart. Yes; was your father and mother willingthat yon should become a pilgrim ? Valiant. Oh, no; they used all means imaginable to per-suade me to stay at home. Great-heart. Why, what could they say against it ? Valiant. They said it was an idle life, and if I myselfwere not inclined to sloth and laziness, I would never counte-nance a pilgrims condition. Great-heart. And what did they say else ? Valiant. Why, they told me that it was a dangerous way;yea, the most dangerous way in the world, said they, isthat which the pilgrims go. Great-heart. Did they shew wherein this way was so dan-gerous ? Valiant. Y es ; and that in many particulars. Great-heart. Name some of them. Valiant. They told me of the Slough of Despond, whereChristian was wellnigh smothered. They told me that therewere archers standing ready in Beelzebub Castle to shoot -y-u-y \r-irir-\rrr-. 406 yaliant-for-truths DISCOURAGEMENTS. them that should knock at the wicket-gate for told me also of the wood and dark mountains, of thehill Difficulty, of the lions, and also of the three giants,Bloody-man, Maul, and Slay-good. They said, moreover,that there was a foul fiend haunted the Valley of Humiliation,and that Christian was by him almost bereft of life. Be-sides, said they, you must go oyer the Valley of the Shadowof Death, where the hobgoblins are, where the light is dark-ness, where the way is full of snares, pits, traps, and told me also of Giant Despair, of Doubting Castle, andof the ruins that the pilgrims met with there. Further, theysaid, I must go over the Enchanted Ground, which was dan-gerous. And that, after all this, I should find a river, overwhich I should find no bridge, and that that river did liebetwixt me and the Celestial Co
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