the hill as it was to go up.

Prudence.--So it is, for it is a hard thing for a man to go down
to The Vale of Humiliation, as thou dost now, and for this cause
have we come with you to the foot of the hill. So, though he went
with great care, yet he caught a slip or two.

Then in my dream I saw that when they had got to the foot of the
hill, these good friends of Christian's gave him a loaf of bread,
a flask of wine, and a bunch of dry grapes; and then they left
him to go on his way.

But now in this Vale of Humiliation poor Christian was hard put
to it, for he had not gone far, ere he saw a foe come in the
field to meet him, whose name was Apollyon. Then did Christian
fear, and he cast in his mind if he would go back or stand his
ground. But Christian thought that as he had no coat of mail on
his back, to turn round might give Apollyon a chance to pierce it
with his darts. So he stood his ground, For, thought he, if but
to save my life were all I had in view, still the best way would
be to stand.

So he went on, and Apollyon met him with looks of scorn.

Apollyon.--Whence come you, and to what place are you bound?

Christian.--I am come from The City of Destruction, which is a
place of all sin, and I am on my way to Zion.

Apollyon.--By this I see you are mine, for of all that land I am