The people, therefore, of the fair, made a great gazing upon
them: some said they were fools, some they were bedlams, and
some they are outlandish men.
Secondly, And as they wondered at their apparel, so they did
likewise at their speech; for few could understand what they
said; they naturally spoke the language of Canaan, but they that
kept the fair were the men of this world; so that, from one end
of the fair to the other, they seemed barbarians each to the
other.
Thirdly, But that which did not a little amuse the merchandisers
was, that these pilgrims set very light by
all their wares; they cared not so much as to look upon them;
and if they called upon them to buy, they would put their
fingers in their ears, and cry, Turn away mine eyes from
beholding vanity, and look upwards, signifying that their trade
and traffic was in heaven.
One chanced mockingly, beholding the carriage of the men, to say
unto them, What will ye buy? But they, looking gravely upon him,
answered, We buy the truth. At that there was an occasion taken
to despise the men the more; some mocking, some taunting, some
speaking reproachfully, and some calling upon others to smite
them.
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