The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

SUPERSTITION: "My lord, I have no great acquaintance with this man,
nor do I desire to have any further knowledge of him! However, this I
know from a discourse which I had with him the other day — that he is
a very pestilent fellow! He said that our religion was worthless, and
could by no means please God — and therefore we worship in vain, are
yet in our sins, and shall finally be damned!”
Then Pickthank was sworn in, and ordered to say what he knew on
behalf of their lord the king, against the prisoner at the bar.
PICKTHANK: "My lord, and all you gentlemen. I have known this fellow
for a long time, and have heard him speak things that ought not to be
spoken! He has railed against our noble prince Beelzebub, and has
spoken contemptibly of his honorable friends — Lord Old Man, Lord
Carnal Delight, Lord Luxurious, Lord Desire of Vain Glory, old Lord
Lechery, Sir Having Greedy — along with all the rest of our nobility!
"He has said, moreover, that if all men were of his mind, that these
noblemen would all be run out of town. He has also not been afraid to
rail at you, my lord, who is now appointed to be his judge — calling you
an ungodly villain, along with many other such vilifying terms, with
which he has bespattered most of the aristocracy of our town!”
When Pickthank had told his tale, the Judge directed his speech to the
prisoner at the bar, saying, "You renegade, heretic, and traitor! Have
you heard what these honest gentlemen have witnessed against you?"
FAITHFUL: "May I speak a few words in my own defense?"
LORD HATE-GOOD: "You scoundrel! You do not deserve to live —
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