...Then said he, "I am going to my Father's, and tho' with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the Trouble I have been at to arrive where I am.

"My Sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my Pilgrimage, and my Courage and Skill to him that can get it. My Marks and Scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought his Battles who now will be my Rewarder."

When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the Riverside, into which as he went he said, "Death, where is thy Sting?" And as he went down deeper he said, "Grave, where is thy Victory?" So he passed over, and all the Trumpets sounded for him on the other side.

(Mr Valiant for Truth's passing, Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan)