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Pilgrim's Progress §324: But for such footmen as thee and I are, let us never desire to meet with an enemy, nor ...
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But for such footmen as thee and I are, let us never desire to meet with an enemy, nor vaunt as if we could do better, when we hear of others that they have been foiled, Nor be tickled at the thoughts of our own manhood; for such commonly come by the worst when tried. Witness Peter, of whom I made mention before. He would swagger, ay, he would; he would, as his vain mind prompted him to say, do better, and stand more for his Master than all men; but who so foiled, and run down by these villains, as he? When, therefore, we hear that such robberies are done on the King's highway, two things become us to do:
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