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Entering the town, the two Pilgrims cause quite a stir. Their dress is different from that of the townspeople, and they speak a language ("the language of Canaan") that is not understood. They are plainly "outlandish men" (foreigners), and are put down as fools or "bedlams" (madmen). But what particularly irks the townspeople is their attitude toward the goods displayed at the fair. When called to look at them, they turn away, putting their fingers in their ears and crying out, "Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity" (Ps. 119:37). When mockingly asked what they might be interested in buying, they "gravely" reply, "We buy the Truth" (Prov. 23:23). A crowd gathers to taunt and revile them, "some calling upon others to smite them," which leads to a great hubbub and the arrest of the Pilgrims for disturbing the peace. After being questioned, they are severely beaten and locked up in an iron cage to be made a spectacle to the multitude, being for some time "the objects of any man's sport, or malice, or revenge."
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