German 17th century Executioners’ swords with inscriptions translated to “The world steers toward mischief, and I execute judgement/ When I raise this sword, so I wish this poor sinner eternal life” One in the Walters Art Museum and one in the Cleveland Museum of Art [2835×1920]
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Originally from Germany, the blades read, “Wan ich Das Schwerdt thu auff heben so / Wunch ich Dem armen sunder das Ewege Leben,” which translates to “When I raise this sword, so I wish that this poor sinner will receive eternal life.”
[Walters Museum link](https://art.thewalters.org/object/51.1407/) [Cleveland Museum of Art link](https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1620)