The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read

by John Bunyan

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Bedford jail, in which Bunyan was twelve years a prisoner.

[2] Tophet here means hell.

[3] Idle one.

[4] An old word meaning "money" or "riches."

[5] This word means "pleasant," or "delightful."

[6] "Perspective glass" is an old name for a telescope or spy-glass.

[7] An atheist is one who does not believe that there is a God.

[8] That is, "of the body and blood of Christ."

[9] An instrument of music, used in the time of John Bunyan, somewhat like a very small piano.

[10] An old English coin, bearing the figure of an angel.

[11] The word "let" here means "hindrance."