Pilgrim's Progress §245: So I saw that quickly after they were got out of the fair, they overtook one that was g...
Source: John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress (1678) (§245) · external_aligned
So I saw that quickly after they were got out of the fair, they overtook one that was going before them, whose name was By-ends: so they said to him, What countryman, Sir? and how far go you this way? He told them that he came from the town of Fair-speech, and he was going to the Celestial City (but told them not his name). From Fair-speech! said Christian. Is there any good that lives there? BY-ENDS. Yes, said By-ends, I hope. CHR. Pray, Sir, what may I call you? said Christian. BY-ENDS. I am a stranger to you, and you to me: if you be going this way, I shall be glad of your company; if not, I must be content. CHR. This town of Fair-speech, said Christian, I have heard of; and, as I remember, they say it is a wealthy place. BY-ENDS. Yes, I will assure you that it is; and I have very many rich kindred there.
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: First edition Nathaniel Ponder, London 1678 — original imprint
- critical_edition: Oxford World's Classics — Roger Sharrock, 1960/1984
- republication: Project Gutenberg — Pilgrim's Progress
- republication: Internet Archive — multiple editions
- non_government_archive: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- citation_tradition: Cited extensively by Spurgeon, Edwards, modern Reformed writers