Ajax the great . . . .

Himself a host.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Iliad of Homer. Book iii. Line 293.

The leader, mingling with the vulgar host,

Is in the common mass of matter lost.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 397.

Mine host of the Garter.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.

Reckeners without their host must recken twice.

John Heywood (Circa 1565): Proverbes. Part i. Chap. viii.

Now came still evening on, and twilight gray

Had in her sober livery all things clad;

Silence accompany'd; for beast and bird,

They to their grassy couch, these to their nests,

Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale;

She all night long her amorous descant sung;

Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament

With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led

The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon,

Rising in clouded majesty, at length

Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light,

And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book iv. Line 598.

Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds:

At which the universal host up sent

A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond

Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 540.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!

Praise Him, all creatures here below!

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host!

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Thomas Ken (1637-1711): Morning and Evening Hymn.