He is so strong an enemy of idleness, that in mending one hole he would rather make three than want work; and when he hath done, he throws the wallet of his faults behind him.

His tongue is very voluble, which, with canting, proves him a linguist.

He is entertained in every place, yet enters no farther than the door, to avoid suspicion.

To conclude, if he escape Tyburn and Banbury, he dies a beggar." Truly, but a poor beginning for a pious life was the youth of John Bunyan.

As might have been expected, he was a wild, reckless, swearing boy, as his father doubtless was before him.