At length the old man, having talked himself out of wind, stood
still awhile as it were to take breath, and then bethinking himself
of me, he turned to me and said: "You are discharged, and may take
your liberty to go about your occasions."--"But," said I, "I desire
my horse may be discharged too, else I know not how to go."--"Ay,
ay," said he, "you shall have your horse;" and turning to the other
constable, who had not offended him, he said: "Go, see that his
horse be delivered to him."

Away thereupon went I with that constable, leaving the old warden
and the young constable to compose their difference as they could.
Being come to the inn, the constable called for my horse to be
brought out; which done, I immediately mounted, and began to set
forward. But the hostler, not knowing the condition of my pocket,
said modestly to me: "Sir, don't you forget to pay for your horse's
standing?"--"No, truly," said I, "I don't forget it; but I have no
money to pay it with, and so I told the warden before."--"Well, hold
your tongue," said the constable to the hostler; "I'll see you
paid." Then opening the gate, they let me out, the constable
wishing me a good journey, and through the town I rode without
further molestation; though it was as much sabbath, I thought, when
I went out as it was when I came in.

A secret joy arose in me as I rode on the way, for that I had been
preserved from doing or saying anything which might give the
adversaries of truth advantage against it, or the friends of it; and
praises sprang in my thankful heart to the Lord, my preserver.

It added also not a little to my joy that I felt the Lord near unto
me, by his witness in my heart, to check and warn me; and my spirit