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The Holy war, made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world; or, the losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul by John Bunyan
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But the same heart, and head, fingers, and pen,
As did the other. Witness all good men;
For none in all the world, without a lie,
Can say that this is mine, excepting I
I write not this of my ostentation,
Nor 'cause I seek of men their commendation;
I do it to keep them from such surmise,
As tempt them will my name to scandalize.
Witness my name, if anagram'd to thee,
The letters make--'Nu hony in a B.'

JOHN BUNYAN.



A RELATION OF THE HOLY WAR.



In my travels, as I walked through many regions and countries, it
was my chance to happen into that famous continent of Universe. A
very large and spacious country it is: it lieth between the two
poles, and just amidst the four points of the heavens. It is a
place well watered, and richly adorned with hills and valleys,
bravely situate, and for the most part, at least where I was, very
fruitful, also well peopled, and a very sweet air.

The people are not all of one complexion, nor yet of one language,
mode, or way of religion, but differ as much as, it is said, do the
planets themselves. Some are right, and some are wrong, even as it
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