'Third. Wherefore gird them up from the ground, and let them not
lag with dust and dirt.

'Fourth. Take heed that you lose them not, lest you walk naked,
and they see your shame.

'Fifth. But if you should sully them, if you should defile them,
the which I am greatly unwilling you should, and the prince
Diabolus will be glad if you would, then speed you to do that which
is written in my law, that yet you may stand, and befall before me,
and before my throne. Also, this is the way to cause that I may
not leave you, nor forsake you while here, but may dwell in this
town of Mansoul for ever.'

And now was Mansoul, and the inhabitants of it, as the signet upon
Emmanuel's right hand. Where was there now a town, a city, a
corporation, that could compare with Mansoul! a town redeemed from
the hand, and from the power of Diabolus! a town that the King
Shaddai loved, and that he sent Emmanuel to regain from the Prince
of the infernal cave; yea, a town that Emmanuel loved to dwell in,
and that he chose for his royal habitation; a town that he
fortified for himself, and made strong by the force of his army.
What shall I say, Mansoul has now a most excellent Prince, golden
captains and men of war, weapons proved, and garments as white as
snow. Nor are these benefits to be counted little, but great; can
the town of Mansoul esteem them so, and improve them to that end
and purpose for which they are bestowed upon them?

When the Prince had thus completed the modelling of the town, to
show that he had great delight in the work of his hands and took