So they took their leaves of my lord, and returned, and went, and
came to the captains, to whom they did tell what my Lord High
Secretary had said; who, when they had heard it, were all of the
same opinion as was my Lord Mayor himself. The captains,
therefore, began to take some courage unto them, and to prepare to
make some brave attempt upon the camp of the enemy, and to destroy
all that were Diabolonians, with the roving doubters that the
tyrant had brought with him to destroy the poor town of Mansoul.
So all betook themselves forthwith to their places--the Captains to
theirs, the Lord Mayor to his, the subordinate preacher to his, and
my Lord Willbewill to his. The captains longed to be at some work
for their prince; for they delighted in warlike achievements. The
next day, therefore, they came together and consulted; and after
consultation had, they resolved to give an answer to the captain of
Diabolus with slings; and so they did at the rising of the sun on
the morrow; for Diabolus had adventured to come nearer again, but
the sling-stones were to him and his like hornets. For as there is
nothing to the town of Mansoul so terrible as the roaring of
Diabolus's drum, so there is nothing to Diabolus so terrible as the
well playing of Emmanuel's slings.
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