The Holy War – John Bunyan

there, and the letting of them fly from that place, did much execution against
the tyrant's army; wherefore for these causes, with others, Diabolus sought, if
possible, to land up Mouth-gate with dirt.[29] Now as Diabolus was busy
and industrious in preparing to make his assault upon the town of Mansoul
without, so the captains and soldiers in the corporation were as busy in
preparing within; they mounted their slings, they set up their banners, they
sounded their trumpets, and put themselves in such order as was judged most
for the annoyance of the enemy, and for the advantage of Mansoul, and gave
to their soldiers orders to be ready at the sound of the trumpet for war. The
Lord Will-be-will also, he took the charge of watching against the rebels
within, and to do what he could to take them while without, or to stifle them
within their caves, dens, and holes, in the town-wall of Mansoul. And to
speak the truth of him, ever since he took penance for his fault, he has
showed as much honesty and bravery of spirit as any he in Mansoul; for he
took one Jolly, and his brother Griggish, the two sons of his servant
Harmless-mirth,[30] for to that day, though the father was committed to
ward, the sons had a dwelling in the house of my Lord. I say he took them,
and with his own hands put them to the cross. And this was the reason why
he hanged them up, after their father was put into the hands of Mr. True-man
the jailer; they his sons began to play his pranks, and to be ticking and toying
with the daughters of their Lord; nay, it was jealoused that they were too
familiar with them, the which was brought to his Lordship's ear. Now his
Lordship, being unwilling unadvisedly to put any man to death, did not
suddenly fall upon them, but set watch and spies to see if the thing was true;
of the which he was soon informed, for his two servants, whose names were
Find-out, and Tell-all, catched them together in uncivil manner more than
once or twice, and went and told their Lord. So when my Lord Will-be-will
had sufficient ground to believe the thing was true, he takes the two young
Diabolonians, for such they were, for their father was a Diabolonian born,
and has them to Eye-gate, where he raised a very high cross just in the face
of Diabolus, and of his army, and there he hanged the young villains in
defiance to Captain Past-hope, and of the horrible standard of the tyrant.
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