Tell-true

Now that which caused me to come on Pilgrimage was this; we had one Mr Tell-true came into our parts, and he told it about what Christian had done, that went from the City of Destruction, namely, how he had forsaken his Wife and Children, and had betaken himself to a Pilgrim’s life.

The Pilgrim’s Progress, in the Similitude of a Dream; The Second Part. Paras. 600-699 1909

All that Tell-true did was just to recite the story of the pilgrim, when young Valiant's heart fell into a burning haste to be a pilgrim too.

Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) Alexander Whyte 1878

Now, that which caused me to come on pilgrimage was this; we had one Mr. Tell-true came into our parts, and he told it about what Christian had done, that went from the

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658