Chr. Are you a Married man?
The wife and Kindred of By-ends By-ends. Yes, and my Wife is a very Virtuous woman, the Daughter of a Virtuous woman : She was my Lady Fainings Daughter, therefore me came of a very Honourable Family, and is arrived to ſuch a pitch of Breeding, that me knows how to carry it to all,even to Prince and Peaſant. Where By-ends differs from others in Religon. 'Tis true, we ſomewhat differ in Religion from thoſe of the ſtricter ſort, yet but in two ſmall points: Firſt , we never ſtrive againſt Wind and Tide. Secondly, we are alwayes moſt zealous when Religion goes in his Silver Slippers; we love much to walk with him in the Street, if the Sun ſhines, and the people applaud it.
Then Chriſtian ſtept a little a to-ſide to his Fellow Hopeful, ſaying, It runs in my mind that this is one By-ends of Fair-ſpeech, if it be he,
we have as very a Knave in our Company, as dwelleth in all theſe parts. Then ſaid Hopeful, Ask him, methinks he ſhould not be aſhamed of his name. So Chriſtian came up with him again, and ſaid, Sir, you talk as if you knew ſomething more then all
