Unparalleld varieties: or, The matchless actions and passions of mankind.: Displayed in near four hundred notable instances and examples. Discovering the transcendent effects; I. Of love, friendship, and gratitude. II. Of magnanimity, courage, and fidelity. III. Of chastity, temperance, and humility. And on the contrary the tremendous consequences, IV. Of hatred, revenge, and ingratitude. V. Of cowardice, barbarity, treachery. VI. Of unchastity, intemperance, and ambition. : Imbellished with proper figures. / By R.B. ...

VI. There was amongst the Grecians a Company of Souldiers, consisting of three hundred, that was called, The Holy Band, erected by Gorgidas, and chosen out of such as heartily loved one another, whereby it came to pass, that they could never be broken, nor overcome, for their love, and hearty affection would not suffer them to forsake one another, whatsoever danger hap∣pened; but at the Battel of Cheronaea they were all slain, after the fight, King Philip taking view of the dead bo∣dies, he stood still in that place, where all these three hundred men lay slain, thrust through with Pikes on their Breasts, whereat he much wondred, and being told that it was the Lovers Band, he sell a weeping, say∣ing, Wo be to them that think these men did, or suffered any dishonest thing; Plutarch, in Pelopida.