The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

What hardship and terror you have already gone through — but now
are you so fearful?
"You see that I — a far weaker man by nature than yourself — am in this
dungeon with you. The Giant has wounded me as well as you — and has
also cut off my bread and water — and with you I mourn in this dark
dungeon. Let us exercise a little more patience. Remember how
courageous you were at Vanity Fair, and were neither afraid of the
fetters, nor the cage, nor of a bloody death. Therefore let us bear up
with patience as well as we can — for suicide is shameful, and unfitting
for a Christian.”
Now, night having come, and the Giant and his wife being in bed —
she asked him if the prisoners had taken his counsel. To which he
replied, "They are sturdy rogues — and choose rather to bear all
hardship, than to kill themselves.”
So she then said, "Take them into the castle-yard tomorrow, and show
them the bones and the skulls of those whom you have already put an
end to. Make them believe, that before the end of the week — you will
also tear them in pieces, as you have done to the others."
So when the morning came, the Giant went to the Pilgrims and took
them into the castle-yard — just as his wife had bidden him.
"These," he boasted, "were once Pilgrims as you are. They trespassed on
my grounds, just as you have done — and when I saw fit, I tore them in
pieces. In the same way, within ten days, I will do so to you! Now go
down to your den again!”
With that, he beat them all the way back to the den. Christian and
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