The holy war made by Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world : or, The losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul . eemedto sit upon some of their eyebrows. Now, therewas in the company a notable, sharp-witted fellow,a mean man of estate, and his name was old In-quisitive. This man asked the petitioners if theyhad told out every whit of what Emmanuel said,and they answered, Verily, no. Then said In-quisitive, I thought so, indeed. Pray, what wasit more that he said unto you ? Then they pausedawhile; but at last they brought out all, saying, The Prince bade u
The holy war made by Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world : or, The losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul . eemedto sit upon some of their eyebrows. Now, therewas in the company a notable, sharp-witted fellow,a mean man of estate, and his name was old In-quisitive. This man asked the petitioners if theyhad told out every whit of what Emmanuel said,and they answered, Verily, no. Then said In-quisitive, I thought so, indeed. Pray, what wasit more that he said unto you ? Then they pausedawhile; but at last they brought out all, saying, The Prince bade us bid Captain Boanergesand Captain Conviction bring the prisoners downto him to-morrow; and that Captain Judgmentand Captain Execution should take charge of thecastle and town, till they should hear furtherfrom him. They said also, that when the Princehad commanded them thus to do, he immediatelyturned his back upon them, and went into hisroyal pavilion. But, oh! how this return, and specially thislast clause of it, that the prisoners must go out tothe Prince into the camp, brake all their loins inpieces ! Wherefore, with one voice they set up a. THE HOLY WAR. 137 cry that reached up to the heavens. This done,each of the three prepared himself to die ; (andthe Recorder said unto them, Thiswas the thing that I feared;) for theyconcluded that to-morrow, by that the sun wentdown, they should be tumbled out of the whole town also counted of no other, butthat, in their time and order, they must all drinkof the same cup. Wherefore the town of Mansoulspent that night in mourning, and sackcloth andashes. The prisoners also, when the time wascome for them to go down before the Prince,dressed themselves in mourning attire, with ropesupon their heads. The whole town of Mansoulalso showed themselves upon the wall, all clad inmourning weeds, if, perhaps, the Prince with thesight thereof might be moved with , oh! how the busv-bodies that . ,. , Vain thoughts. were m t
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