The Pilgrims Progress, Conclusion
The Conclusion.
NOw Reader, I have told my Dream to thee;
See if thou … Interpret it to me;
Or to thy self, or Neighbour: but take …eed
Of mis-interpreting: for that, instead
Of doing good, will but thy self abuse:
By mis-interpreting ….
Take heed also, that thou be not extream,
In playing with the out-side of my Dream:
Nor let my figure, or … … …
Put thee into a … … a … …
Leave this for Boys and Fools … for thee,
Do … the substance of my … …
Put by the Curtains, … within … Vail;
Turn … my Metaphors and do not fail:
There, if thou seekest them, such things to find,
As will be helpfull to an honest mind.
What of my dross thou findest there, be bold
To throw away, but yet preserve the Gold.
What if my Gold be wrapped up in Ore?
None throws away t…e Apple for the Core:
But if thou shalt cast all away as vain,
I know not but 'twill make me Dream again.
THE END.
End of the text · John Bunyan, The Pilgrims Progress (1678)