My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
Source: Mr. Valiant-for-Truth, in The Pilgrim's Progress, 1684.
-- John Bunyan, (Nov 28 1628-1688), English clergyman, author; He was the author of the allegory Pilgrim's Progress, 1678, which he wrote while in prison.