'They are straggling along the road like a line of geese upon a common when Michaelmas is nigh.

Have you no fears?
Is it not written that your calamity cometh suddenly--suddenly shall you be broken down without remedy ?' 'Aye, friend, but is it not also written, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding!" Mark ye, if I were to draw up my men in military fashion it would invite attention and attack from any of James Stuart's horse who may come our way.

It is my desire to bring my flock to the camp and obtain pieces for them before exposing them to so unequal a contest.' 'Truly, sir, it is a wise resolution,' said Saxon grimly, 'for if a troop of horse came down upon these good people the pastor would find himself without his flock.' 'Nay, that could never be!' cried Master Pettigrue with fervour.

'Say rather that pastor, flock, and all would find their way along the thorny track of martyrdom to the new Jerusalem.

Know, friend, that I have come from Monmouth in order to conduct these men to his standard.