'For,' said he, 'it is
not our being in the town, nor in the field, nor our fighting, nor
our killing of their men, that can make us the masters of Mansoul;
for so long as one in the town is able to lift up his finger
against us, Emmanuel will take their parts; and if he shall take
their parts, we know what time of day it will be with us.
Wherefore, for my part,' quoth he, 'there is, in my judgment, no
way to bring them into bondage to us, like inventing a way to make
them sin. Had we,' said he, 'left all our doubters at home, we had
done as well as we have done now, unless we could have made them
the masters and governors of the castle; for doubters at a distance
are but like objections refelled with arguments. Indeed, can we
but get them into the hold, and make them possessors of that, the
day will be our own. Let us, therefore, withdraw ourselves into
the plain, (not expecting that the captains in Mansoul should
follow us,) but yet, I say, let us do this, and before we so do,
let us advise again with our trusty Diabolonians that are yet in
their holds of Mansoul, and set them to work to betray the town to
us; for they indeed must do it, or it will be left undone for
ever.
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