They, poor hearts! had rather have had their
room than their company; but they were at present their captives,
and their captives for the present they were forced to be. But, I
say, they discountenanced them as much as they were able, and
showed them all the dislike that they could.
The captains also from the castle did hold them in continual play
with their slings, to the chafing and fretting of the minds of the
enemies. True, Diabolus made a great many attempts to have broken
open the gates of the castle, but Mr. Godly-Fear was made the
keeper of that; and he was a man of that courage, conduct, and
valour, that it was in vain, as long as life lasted within him, to
think to do that work, though mostly desired; wherefore all the
attempts that Diabolus made against him were fruitless. I have
wished sometimes that that man had had the whole rule of the town
of Mansoul.
Well, this was the condition of the town of Mansoul for about two
years and a half: the body of the town was the seat of war, the
people of the town were driven into holes, and the glory of Mansoul
was laid in the dust.
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