War and Peace
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1.The nature and causes of war
Ecclesiastes; or, The PreacherVol. 44
- p. 337–338A time for war and a time for peace among the appointed seasons.read · scan
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 407Disciples told not to be terrified by wars and tumults, which must come first.read · scan
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus AureliusVol. 2
- p. 267Wars, treaties and armistices arise among rational animals.read · scan
Chapters from the KoranVol. 45
- p. 1000–1001Whenever they light a fire for war, God puts it out.read · scan
Niccolò Machiavelli, The PrinceVol. 36
- p. 11–12War cannot be avoided, only postponed to the enemy's advantage; the Romans fought abroad rather than in Italy.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 296–297Wars and rumours of wars are a constant truth verified in all times.read · scan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 701–702Ancestral voices foretell war amid the tumult.read · scan
Victor Hugo, Preface to CromwellVol. 39
- p. 340–341Crowding nations jostle and clash in wars of empires, prompting migrations, which poetry reflects in epic.read · scan
Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's Second Inaugural AddressVol. 43
- p. 424Both parties deprecated war, but one would make war rather than let the nation survive, the other accept it rather than let it perish.read · scan
1a.War as a condition of nature without a common power
BeowulfVol. 49
- p. 8Grendel's feud against all, with no pact of peace or compensation, leaves Heorot empty.read · scan
Thomas Hobbes, Of Man, Being the First Part of LeviathanVol. 34
- p. 388–389Equality breeds rivalry and diffidence, leading men to destroy or subdue one another.read · scan
- p. 389Without a common power men are in war of every man against every man; war is a known disposition, not only battle.read · scan
- p. 389–390Savages in America and rulers' postures of hostility illustrate the state of war.read · scan
- p. 392–393While everyone keeps the right to all things, all remain in the condition of war.read · scan
- p. 397The condition of mere nature is a war of every man against every man, making trust unreasonable.read · scan
- p. 401Without covenants the right of all to all things remains and men stay in the condition of war.read · scan
- p. 403–404In the condition of war no one can defend himself without confederates, who will not trust a covenant-breaker.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 37Soldiers need no disguise; they establish themselves by force.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality among MankindVol. 34
- p. 210–211Conflict between the strongest's title and the first occupier's ends in bloodshed, a state of horrible warfare.read · scan
- p. 213States remained in nature among themselves, producing national wars and slaughter, made a virtue and honour.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, HeroismVol. 5
- p. 123–124Man is born into a state of war and must be armed rather than dance in the weeds of peace.read · scan
Charles Darwin, The Origin of SpeciesVol. 11
- p. 94Darwin calls male combat a 'law of battle' and 'war', with shield as important as sword.read · scan
- p. 264–265Ants fight a pitched battle; slave-makers kill their small opponents and carry off the dead for food.read · scan
- p. 266Ant raids and ferocious attacks between colonies, with booty of pupae carried from a desolated nest.read · scan
1b.Passions, ambition and interest as causes of war
See also: Revenge 4d
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 330–331Eupeithes urges vengeance against Odysseus for the slaughter, rousing the assembly toward renewed strife.read · scan
Aeschylus, AgamemnonVol. 8
- p. 72–74Chorus and Aegisthus draw swords and prepare for armed strife in the street.read · scan
Aeschylus, The FuriesVol. 8
- p. 156–157Athena begs them not to inspire civil strife against kin; let ambitious war be waged on strangers only.read · scan
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 305–307The psalmist is for peace but those around him are for war.read · scan
Sophocles, Oedipus the KingVol. 8
- p. 228Quarrel at the crossroads: Oedipus in rage strikes the driver and slays the old man and his company.read · scan
Plato, PhaedoVol. 2
- p. 54Wars and factions are said to arise from bodily lusts and the love of money.read · scan
The Bhagavad-Gita; or, Song CelestialVol. 45
- p. 861–863They boast of slaying one foe and slaying another tomorrow.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of CiceroVol. 9
- p. 176–177Antony and Lepidus feared peace and sought to revolutionize the state.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 167She prays that Aeneas be beset by wars and perpetual hostility between the nations.read · scan
- p. 232Civil war between father-in-law and son-in-law lamented; Rome's destiny to rule, dispose peace and war, tame the proud.read · scan
- p. 248Turnus, stung awake, demands arms and sends threatening embassy; peace is polluted and Rutulians prepare for war.read · scan
Plutarch, PericlesVol. 12
- p. 68–69Pericles is said to have kindled the war to deflect complaints against himself.read · scan
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 116Alcibiades, envious of Nicias' peace, works to break the league by secret alliance with Argos and by denouncing Nicias.read · scan
Plutarch, Comparison of Alcibiades with CoriolanusVol. 12
- p. 186Each man stirred up war by deceit: Alcibiades disturbed the peace with Sparta, Coriolanus roused the Volscians with a false report.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 364–365Antony and Caesar trade accusations over shares of conquests, then Antony assembles a vast fleet and army for civil war.read · scan
BeowulfVol. 49
- p. 40–41Blood-feud: Grendel's mother avenges her son, continuing the cycle of vengeance.read · scan
- p. 59Marriage alliance to end feud is doubted: old heirlooms provoke a warrior to rekindle war-hate and break peace oaths.read · scan
- p. 61Feud renewed between Danes and Heathobards; Beowulf doubts their pact of peace; then narrates Grendel's night attack.read · scan
- p. 82–84The herald announces the king's fall and foresees war from Frisians and Franks once it is known.read · scan
- p. 86–87The messenger foresees Swedish vengeance as the feud and death-hate of men continue once the king's death is known.read · scan
The Song of RolandVol. 49
- p. 110–112Marsil asks when the aged Karl will tire of war; Ganelon says not while Roland lives.read · scan
The Story of the Volsungs and NiblungsVol. 49
- p. 278–279Lyngi gathers an army against Sigmund from envy; Sigmund, old but foremost, fights fiercely in a bloody battle against superior numbers.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 49–53Violence and war are the marks of those punished here.read · scan
- p. 117–118He stirred mutual war between father and son through mischievous counsel.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 166–167Dante laments Italy, pilotless ship and brothel, whose living citizens gnaw one another in war and enjoy no peace.read · scan
Sir Thomas More, UtopiaVol. 36
- p. 141–142Princes delight in warlike matters and conquest more than in the arts of peace.read · scan
- p. 157Councillors plot feigned friendship with England, readiness to strike with the Scots, and support of a pretender to the crown.read · scan
Martin Luther, Address to the Christian Nobility of the German NationVol. 36
- p. 281–282Priests sow discord among princes and flood the world with Christian blood to avoid reform.read · scan
- p. 316–317Blood shed because popes made and unmade treaties between princes.read · scan
Francis Bacon, Essays, Civil and MoralVol. 3
- p. 138–139Bacon traces the causes and changes of wars: northern peoples' martial nature, collapse of empires, overgrown states, overpopulation and softened warlike states inviting attack.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, Edward the SecondVol. 46
- p. 60–62Both sides prepare for civil war; Isabella laments kin slaughtering kin in civil broils.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 242Rumors of coming wars between Cornwall and Albany.read · scan
- p. 258–262Kent reports division between the dukes and a French force landing in the divided kingdom.read · scan
Thomas Hobbes, Of Man, Being the First Part of LeviathanVol. 34
- p. 370–371Competition for riches, honour and power leads to enmity and war; desire of ease and fear of death dispose to obey.read · scan
- p. 406–407Ingratitude and stubbornness about superfluous things bring war, contrary to the fundamental law to seek peace.read · scan
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Life Is a DreamVol. 26
- p. 21Estrella accuses Astolfo of armed force behind flattery; both bring men-at-arms before the council.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 108Milton laments that devils keep concord while men, under hope of grace, live in hatred and wage cruel wars.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 61–62Some prefer death to peace, others to war.read · scan
- p. 136Going to war or avoiding it springs from the same desire for happiness.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 88–90Wars and revolutions arise from conflicting party interests.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality among MankindVol. 34
- p. 211The rich bore the expense and risk of a perpetual war.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 310Provincial jealousies and dissension may lead nearly to war.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, EgmontVol. 19
- p. 326Egmont accuses Alva of counselling war to enhance his own worth.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 449–451Princes and zealots set Europe in turmoil while the poor man lies down content; Brunswick's defeat.read · scan
Friedrich Schiller, William TellVol. 26
- p. 468–470Imperial designs of conquest make the small nation a stumbling-block to be put down.read · scan
George Washington, Washington's Farewell AddressVol. 43
- p. 244National antipathy provokes insult, collisions and wars; attachment draws a nation into another's quarrels.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 476–477Don Abbondio blames duke, Emperor and governor for the war over Mantua whose burdens fall on the innocent.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, CompensationVol. 5
- p. 94Departure from simple equity creates war between neighbors, hate in one and fear in the other.read · scan
Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the BeagleVol. 29
- p. 220–221Warfare between tribes arises from the struggle for subsistence, separated by neutral borders.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1026–1027He mocks the preacher against war, arguing it is caused by passions like ambition and avarice; the passions make earth Hell.read · scan
John Ruskin, Sesame and LiliesVol. 28
- p. 158–159Women are answerable for every war and injustice because they fail to hinder them; men fight for any cause, women should choose or forbid.read · scan
Edward Augustus Freeman, Race and LanguageVol. 28
- p. 272Mutual wrongs, conquest and oppression make Slavs of Poland and Russia bitter enemies; sympathy of race can bind others.read · scan
1c.Dynastic, religious and commercial causes of war
Aeschylus, AgamemnonVol. 8
- p. 15–17Lust for war closes hearts; the girl is slain to speed ships for a war over one false woman.read · scan
- p. 30–33War sprang from Helen; hosts pursue her as huntsmen of sword and shield.read · scan
- p. 65–67Helen is blamed for battle that overwhelmed thousands under Ilion's wall.read · scan
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 248A confederacy of nations plots to cut off Israel; the psalmist prays for their defeat as with Midian and Sisera.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 248A trivial hunting incident becomes the spark of war as the fiend rouses the country folk to arms.read · scan
- p. 248Fighting escalates from clubs to swords as the Fury fixes the fight; discord is complete and Juno declares the war begun.read · scan
- p. 355Aeneas calls the death a bitter fruit of the Latian war, sending a thousand horse as escort.read · scan
Plutarch, PericlesVol. 12
- p. 60–61The Samian war blamed on Aspasia's entreaty on behalf of Miletus.read · scan
- p. 64–65Pericles conquers Samos; the Corcyra intervention, Corinthian and Megarian grievances and the revolt of Potidaea lead toward the Peloponnesian war.read · scan
- p. 66–67War with Sparta might have been avoided by repealing the Megarian decree; Pericles's obstinacy makes him regarded as its cause.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 174His capture led to a war between Alessandria and Montferrat.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 399The papal keys are made ensign on banners levying war on fellow Christians.read · scan
William Caxton, Prefaces and EpiloguesVol. 39
- p. 7Work done in a troublous world of great divisions in England and France.read · scan
Sir Thomas More, UtopiaVol. 36
- p. 179–183They count it a just cause of war when a people keeps land vacant and unused, against the law of nature.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 293Renewed war between Emperor and King leaves the King harassed by anxieties.read · scan
Sir Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake RevivedVol. 33
- p. 129Drake's losses at San Juan de Ulua lead him to voyages against the Spaniard to recover amends.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 136–137He imagines a war between a pagan emperor and a Christian king over the princess's marriage and religion.read · scan
- p. 453–454Inn brawl becomes chaotic battle; Quixote likens it to Agramante's camp and calls for peace, lamenting nobles slain for slight causes.read · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, Preface to the History of the WorldVol. 39
- p. 74Dynastic quarrel pursued by arms brings slaughter and loss of France.read · scan
- p. 86–89Philip's costly forty-year war lost the Netherlands and hundreds of thousands of lives; Christians murder each other over religion.read · scan
Francis Pretty, Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldVol. 33
- p. 212–213Drake deems himself revenged for Spanish injuries and indignities to country and prince, and ends the raiding.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, Edward the SecondVol. 46
- p. 49France seizes Normandy over slack homage; Isabella laments unnatural civil wars where subjects brave their king.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkVol. 46
- p. 95Feverish war preparations, nightly watch and cannon-casting; old Hamlet's combat with Fortinbras over forfeited lands.read · scan
- p. 95–97Young Fortinbras raises landless resolutes to recover by force the lands his father lost; Denmark arms in response.read · scan
Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's HolidayVol. 47
- p. 535–536King plans to reinforce his troops so France will repent injuring England.read · scan
- p. 536King closes saying wars must right the wrongs Frenchmen have begun.read · scan
Daniel Defoe, The Shortest-Way with the DissentersVol. 27
- p. 138–139Anticipates the plea that wartime requires unity against the common enemy.read · scan
- p. 139Wartime danger is argued not to justify delay; the common enemy makes securing against private enemies more urgent.read · scan
Voltaire, Letters on the EnglishVol. 34
- p. 85English civil and sectarian quarrels killed men over trifles, but the English have grown wiser.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Profession of Faith of a Savoyard VicarVol. 34
- p. 281–282Sectarian religions bring fire and sword instead of peace.read · scan
Thomas Gray, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 458–459Civil wars of York and Lancaster, battle din, havoc and murder in the Tower.read · scan
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsVol. 10
- p. 346–347Commercial disputes between France and Holland contributed to the war of 1672; hostility between nations hindered moderation of duties.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, EgmontVol. 19
- p. 261Harsh measures will kindle war across the country.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 76–77Dispute over the Mantuan succession between France and Spain, war and papal efforts to mediate peace among Christian princes.read · scan
- p. 269–270He blames a foreign league, the French cardinal, for plotting against the Spanish king in Milan.read · scan
- p. 434Narrator explains the war over the Mantuan succession, Spanish pretexts and treaties for invading Monferrat, and Don Gonzalo's eagerness for war.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 190The wren king declares war on the bear, summoning all beasts and birds to battle.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, English TraitsVol. 5
- p. 385–386Predicts a coming war of races and opinions, despotism versus liberty, which might menace English civilization.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 203Rumors of war between the United States and France, exaggerated in the forecastle; the real cause is a debt dispute.read · scan
James Russell Lowell, DemocracyVol. 28
- p. 462Compromise applied to a question of fundamental morals cost the civil war.read · scan
Edward Augustus Freeman, Race and LanguageVol. 28
- p. 229–230Cites Crusades and wars of religion as arising from surface motives.read · scan
1d.War among gods, angels and spirits
See also: Monarchy 9c · Revenge 8b · Angel 7b · Courage 5c
Aeschylus, Prometheus BoundVol. 8
- p. 171The war of Titans and Gods; Prometheus counsels guile, then joins Zeus to defeat Cronos.read · scan
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 160Deliverance from enemies and from Saul in battle.read · scan
Sophocles, Oedipus the KingVol. 8
- p. 209–215Ares invoked as destroyer to be driven away, though no battle rages.read · scan
Euripides, The BacchaeVol. 8
- p. 399Village men take spear and sword against the Bacchae but are routed by soft wands.read · scan
- p. 399–405Pentheus musters men-at-arms against the Bacchic women, though warned that shields will fall before their wands.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 617–618Mara musters a vast army to overwhelm the Great Being in battle.read · scan
- p. 618–619Mara's army advances in force and hurls winds at the solitary Buddha, who is undisturbed.read · scan
- p. 619–620Mara assaults with storms of rain, rocks, weapons, coals and darkness, all of which turn harmless before the Future Buddha.read · scan
- p. 620–621Mara hurls his discus and crags; they become flower canopies through reflection on the Perfections.read · scan
- p. 621–623Mara's army flees and the Buddha is proclaimed victor over the Wicked One.read · scan
The Bhagavad-Gita; or, Song CelestialVol. 45
- p. 837–839Warriors of both armies are seen crushed in the Lord's jaws like streams into the ocean or moths to flame.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 248Latinus sends gifts sealing peace; Juno resolves to provoke war to undo it.read · scan
- p. 248Juno resolves to delay the marriage and peace with protracted wars, and sends Alecto to confound the peace and prepare souls for war.read · scan
- p. 248The Fury urges Turnus to attack the Trojan fleet and force the king, embroiling the house in civil war.read · scan
- p. 321Jove commands peace among the gods; Venus laments the Trojans besieged by Turnus.read · scan
- p. 321Venus recounts the tempests and the fury Alecto stirring the Latians to war.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 526–527Paul's warfare is spiritual, not fleshly, with weapons mighty to cast down strongholds and thoughts.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 306Suleyman threatens invasion if the sea king refuses his demands.read · scan
- p. 307The king resolves on war against Suleyman and answers his messenger with a beating and defiance.read · scan
- p. 307Both sides muster vast armies of Jinn, men and beasts and arm for battle after ultimatums.read · scan
- p. 307–309Battle between Suleyman's forces of men, Jinn, beasts and birds and the sea king's host ends in defeat and capture.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 128Brute force joined with evil will and subtlety cannot be resisted; giants were slaves of war.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 299Inward war of flesh against spirit prevents the soul's peace; battle imagery for the spiritual life.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 88Impious war raised in Heaven.read · scan
- p. 88–90Satan resolves eternal war against God, by force or guile.read · scan
- p. 90They plan to consult how to offend the Enemy and repair loss.read · scan
- p. 90Legions muster in battle array and fear the Conqueror's pursuers.read · scan
- p. 90Trumpets and the raising of the standard prepare the host for war.read · scan
- p. 90The infernal army marches in phalanx, compared with the heroic hosts of legend and history.read · scan
- p. 90Satan proposes to work by fraud and guile since force failed; he who overcomes by force conquers only half.read · scan
- p. 90Peace is despaired; war open or covert is resolved, swords flash and defiance rings.read · scan
- p. 108Council debates whether to hazard another battle with Heaven; Moloch urges open war rather than wiles.read · scan
- p. 108Moloch argues for immediate open assault on Heaven, preferring revenge to delay, even if victory is impossible.read · scan
- p. 108Belial argues against open war: Heaven is impregnable and failure would only provoke worse wrath.read · scan
- p. 108Belial argues that war is hopeless against the omniscient Almighty and counsels endurance.read · scan
- p. 108Mammon rejects war as vain and counsels peaceful counsels and building up Hell.read · scan
- p. 108The assembly applauds Mammon's advice for peace, dreading another battle with Michael; Beelzebub rises to oppose.read · scan
- p. 108Beelzebub argues no peace is possible with the conqueror; the fallen angels should pursue hostility and revenge against God's new creation.read · scan
- p. 108Devils stage mock battles, games and armies in the air, imitating war.read · scan
- p. 108–125The two combatants face off like storm clouds, near to mortal combat.read · scan
- p. 125War in Heaven ends in clear victory for the Almighty and rout of the rebels.read · scan
- p. 170Satan recalls battle in Heaven and leadership of his host; Gabriel questions his military discipline.read · scan
- p. 170Angelic squadron and Satan prepare to fight, threatening to wreck Paradise and Heaven until stopped.read · scan
- p. 180God and the Son prepare defence against Satan's intended battleread · scan
- p. 204Argument and opening describe the war in Heaven, armies ready, Michael and Gabriel sent to battleread · scan
- p. 204Heavenly hosts march in perfect ranks and meet Satan's armies for battleread · scan
- p. 204Abdiel strikes Satan; the two armies clash in tumultuous battle in Heavenread · scan
- p. 204Description of the heavenly battle, warriors' skill and fearless fighting, and Michael's confrontation of Satanread · scan
- p. 204Michael and Satan prepare for single combat; Michael's sword cleaves Satan'sread · scan
- p. 204Battle in Heaven: Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael and Abdiel overthrow rebel angels in combat.read · scan
- p. 204Rebel host routed in disorder; night imposes truce and both armies encamp.read · scan
- p. 204Satan devises cannon from Heaven's underground materials to overwhelm the foe.read · scan
- p. 216Rebels prepare and bring up their artillery; victor angels arm and scouts report the enemy advancing.read · scan
- p. 216Satan feigns peace overtures while unveiling cannon that shatter the loyal angels.read · scan
- p. 216Loyal angels hurl mountains upon the rebel cannon and host, burying them.read · scan
- p. 220Angels hurl hills at each other, and Heaven verges on wreck; war is endless without a decisive hand.read · scan
- p. 220Loyal angels rest while the Son goes alone to final battle.read · scan
- p. 220Victor Messiah's thunders end the war; the rebels drop their weapons and flee.read · scan
- p. 297Sin says Satan's wisdom regained what war lost in Heaven and avenged their defeat.read · scan
- p. 297–300Satan is antagonist of Heaven's King; the infernal legions keep watch, compared to retreating armies.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 132–133Internal war and the two sects seeking peace by renouncing passions or reason.read · scan
- p. 163–164Christ came to send war, fire and the sword; the world before lived in false peace.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 57Armor of sword, shield and helmet for spiritual warfare, and servants' valiant deeds.read · scan
- p. 58–59Weapons of Gideon, Samson, David and others recalled as instruments of victories; Christian armed against assaults.read · scan
- p. 62–63The combat is described as a battle with darts, wounds and weakening strength.read · scan
- p. 63–64The single combat is described with sword, shield and mortal wounds.read · scan
- p. 131–132Spiritual combat described in terms of armor, battle and championsread · scan
- p. 133–134Armor and battle imagery of the war horse serve the spiritual combatread · scan
- p. 222–223Combat with sword and blows against the giant who backs the lions.read · scan
- p. 247–248Enemy quarrel is set out before the fight, and Great-heart demands specific charges.read · scan
- p. 249–250Great-heart and the giant fight hand to hand; Great-heart wins, beheads Maul, and a pillar records the victory.read · scan
- p. 271–272Great-heart fights and slays Giant Slay-good in single combat to avenge slain pilgrims and rescue Feeble-mind.read · scan
- p. 281–282Great-heart recounts the attack on Giant Slay-good and his defeat, the head set up as warning.read · scan
- p. 283–284Great-heart and companions covenant to fight the monster, repeatedly assault it, and wound and lame it.read · scan
- p. 286–287The pilgrims plan and launch an armed attack on the giant's castle.read · scan
- p. 287–288Armed combat against the giant and demolition of his castle.read · scan
Hymns of the Christian Church: Modern HymnsVol. 45
- p. 557–559Spiritual battle against the foe, with God winning it.read · scan
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