Thou shalt therefore manage,
according to thy place, the war for thy Prince, and for the town of
Mansoul, against the force and power of Diabolus; and at thy
command shall the rest of the captains be.'
Now the townsmen began to perceive what interest the captain had,
both with the court, and also with the Lord Secretary in Mansoul;
for no man before could speed when sent, nor bring such good news
from Emmanuel as he. Wherefore what do they, after some
lamentation that they made no more use of him in their distresses,
but send by their subordinate preacher to the Lord Secretary, to
desire him that all that ever they were and had might be put under
the government, care, custody, and conduct of Captain Credence.
So their preacher went and did his errand, and received this answer
from the mouth of his Lord: that Captain Credence should be the
great doer in all the King's army, against the King's enemies, and
also for the welfare of Mansoul. So he bowed to the ground, and
thanked his Lordship, and returned and told his news to the
townsfolk. But all this was done with all imaginable secrecy,
because the foes had yet great strength in the town.
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