Know. My lord, this man was at the pulling down of the image of
Shaddai; yea, this is he that did it with his own hands. I myself
stood by and saw him do it, and he did it at the commandment of
Diabolus. Yea, this Mr. No-Truth did more than this, he did also
set up the horned image of the beast Diabolus in the same place.
This also is he that, at the bidding of Diabolus, did rend and
tear, and cause to be consumed, all that he could of the remainders
of the law of the King, even whatever he could lay his hands on in
Mansoul.

Clerk. Who saw him do this besides yourself?

Hate. I did, my lord, and so did many more besides; for this was
not done by stealth, or in a corner, but in the open view of all;
yea, he chose himself to do it publicly, for he delighted in the
doing of it.

Clerk. Mr. No-Truth, how could you have the face to plead not
guilty, when you were so manifestly the doer of all this
wickedness?

No. Sir, I thought I must say something, and as my name is, so I
speak. I have been advantaged thereby before now, and did not know
but by speaking no truth, I might have reaped the same benefit now.

Clerk. Set him by, gaoler, and set Mr. Pitiless to the bar. Mr.
Pitiless, thou art here indicted by the name of Pitiless, (an
intruder upon the town of Mansoul,) for that thou didst most
traitorously and wickedly shut up all bowels of compassion, and
wouldest not suffer poor Mansoul to condole her own misery when she