John Bunyan

By-blow

With their by-blows they did split the very stones in pieces.

Call

They called for rooms, and he showed them one.

Conviction

And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction?

Cringe

When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions.

Crown

Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown.

Cry

Some cried after him to return.

The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life!

Cudgel

He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . . falls to rating of them as if they were dogs.

Despond

The slough of despond.

Discontent

Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet.

Distemper

Some frenzy distemper had got into his head.

Down

He that is down needs fear no fall.

Dump

I was musing in the midst of my dumps.

Engine

You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?

Expound

Expound this matter more fully to me.

Frenzy

They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.

Give

They gave back and came no farther.

Go

He fell from running to going, and from going to clambering upon his hands and his knees.

Heart-whole

If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master.

Next

Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.

Patch

Employed about this patch of ground.

Remand

Then were they remanded to the cage again.

Scrabble

Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way.

Scribble

Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble.

Settle

Hoping that sleep might settle his brains.

Shake

I could scarcely shake him out of my company.

Slumber

He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night.

Spangle

Some men by feigning words as dark as mine Make truth to spangle, and its rays to shine.

Stalking-horse

How much more abominable is it to make of him [Christ] and religion a stalking-horse, to get and enjoy the world!

Standing

An ancient thing of long standing.

Stile

May I not write in such a stile as this?

Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle.

Stitch

You have gone a good stitch.

Strain

It [Pilgrim's Progress] seems a novelty, and yet contains Nothing but sound and honest gospel strains.

Surfeit

To prevent surfeit and other diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by travels.

Tart

Why art thou tart, my brother?

Tedious

I would not be tedious to the court.

Turncoat

He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession.

Worser

From worser thoughts which make me do amiss.