{"id": "card_n_2c618d7cfa61", "kind": "note", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §245: So I saw that quickly after they were got out of the fair, they overtook one that was g...", "body": "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.", "source": {"label": "John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress (1678)", "url": "/canon.html?ref=pilgrim_245", "ref": "§245", "authority_tier": "external_aligned"}, "shelf": "classics", "box": "pilgrims_progress", "bands": ["pilgrim", "bunyan", "allegory", "Prov. 26:25"], "connections": [{"to_card_id": "card_n_2cb52c160bd4", "relationship": "same_section", "origin": "nesting_2026_06_12"}, {"to_card_id": "card_n_2c4f1da7451f", "relationship": "same_section", "origin": "nesting_2026_06_12"}], "author": "engine", "created_at": "2026-05-19T13:07:21.463991+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-19T19:57:55.502458+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 4, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "99cfeede1bf5755dc25113c026dcbfdd551164f6701419d06101506817f7e4c3", "witnesses": [{"class": "manuscript_tradition", "label": "First edition Nathaniel Ponder, London 1678 — original imprint", "ref": "Ponder-1678"}, {"class": "critical_edition", "label": "Oxford World's Classics — Roger Sharrock, 1960/1984", "ref": "Sharrock-OWC"}, {"class": "republication", "label": "Project Gutenberg — Pilgrim's Progress", "url": "https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131", "ref": "PG-131"}, {"class": "republication", "label": "Internet Archive — multiple editions", "url": "https://archive.org/search?query=pilgrim%27s+progress+bunyan", "ref": "IA-Bunyan"}, {"class": "non_government_archive", "label": "Christian Classics Ethereal Library", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/bunyan/pilgrim.html", "ref": "CCEL-Bunyan"}, {"class": "citation_tradition", "label": "Cited extensively by Spurgeon, Edwards, modern Reformed writers", "ref": "Spurgeon-Edwards-cites"}], "witness_status": "passed", "witness_status_reason": "6 witnesses across 5 independence classes: ['citation_tradition', 'critical_edition', 'manuscript_tradition', 'non_government_archive', 'republication']", "surface": "secular"}