And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It had very much use in battle. The German Landsknecht used zweihanders to open the line. These swordsman were the best of the best.
ReplyDeleteA two handed sword swung the way a hand and a half sword in video game combat was useless. This was how it was actually used