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THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE: THE TRUE KNIGHT by STEPHEN HAWES

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First Line: FOR KNIGHTHOOD IS NOT IN THE FEATS OF WARRE
Last Line: BUT FOR A TRUTH, OR FOR THE COMMON'S SAKE.
Subject(s): KNIGHTS & KNIGHTHOOD;
FOR knighthood is not in the feats of warre,
As for to fight in quarrel right or wrong,
But in a cause which truth can not defarre:
He ought himself for to make sure and strong,
Justice to keep mixt with mercy among:
And no quarrell a knight ought to take
But for a truth, or for the common's sake.




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