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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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(like to like,) that fell in love, and made a match, and were
married; and, as I take it, they had several children, as Impudent,
Blackmouth, and Hate-Reproof. These three were black boys. And
besides these they had three daughters, as Scorn-Truth and Slight-
God, and the name of the youngest was Revenge. These were all
married in the town, and also begot and yielded many bad brats, too
many to be here inserted. But to pass by this.

When the giant had thus engarrisoned himself in the town of
Mansoul, and had put down and set up whom he thought good, he
betakes himself to defacing. Now there was in the market-place in
Mansoul, and also upon the gates of the castle, an image of the
blessed King Shaddai. This image was so exactly engraven, (and it
was engraven in gold,) that it did the most resemble Shaddai
himself of anything that then was extant in the world. This he
basely commanded to be defaced, and it was as basely done by the
hand of Mr. No-Truth. Now you must know that, as Diabolus had
commanded, and that by the hand of Mr. No-Truth, the image of
Shaddai was defaced, he likewise gave order that the same Mr. No-
Truth should set up in its stead the horrid and formidable image of
Diabolus, to the great contempt of the former King, and debasing of
his town of Mansoul.

Moreover, Diabolus made havoc of all remains of the laws and
statutes of Shaddai that could be found in the town of Mansoul; to
wit, such as contained either the doctrines of morals, with all
civil and natural documents. Also relative severities he sought to
extinguish. To be short, there was nothing of the remains of good
in Mansoul which he and Willbewill sought not to destroy; for their
design was to turn Mansoul into a brute, and to make it like to the
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