After things were thus far put into order in the famous town of
Mansoul, care was taken, and order given by the blessed Prince
Emmanuel, that the townsmen should, without further delay, appoint
some to go forth into the plain to bury the dead that were there,--
the dead that fell by the sword of Emmanuel, and by the shield of
the Captain Credence,--lest the fumes and ill savours that would
arise from them might infect the air, and so annoy the famous town
of Mansoul. This also was a reason of this order, namely, that, as
much as in Mansoul lay, they might cut off the name, and being, and
remembrance of those enemies from the thought of the famous town of
Mansoul and its inhabitants.
So order was given out by the Lord Mayor, that wise and trusty
friend of the town of Mansoul, that persons should be employed
about this necessary business; and Mr. Godly-Fear, and one Mr.
Upright, were to be overseers about this matter: so persons were
put under them to work in the fields, and to bury the slain that
lay dead in the plains. And these were their places of employment:
some were to make the graves, some to bury the dead, and some were
to go to and fro in the plains, and also round about the borders of
Mansoul, to see if a skull, or a bone, or a piece of a bone of a
doubter, was yet to be found above ground anywhere near the
corporation; and if any were found, it was ordered, that the
searchers that searched should set up a mark thereby, and a sign,
that those that were appointed to bury them might find it, and bury
it out of sight, that the name and remembrance of a Diabolonian
doubter might be blotted out from under heaven; and that the
children, and they that were to be born in Mansoul, might not know,
if possible, what a skull, what a bone, or a piece of a bone of a
doubter was.
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