The True Knight
Stephen Hawes
c.1475 to c.1523
Track 1
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For knighthood is not in the feats of warre,
______ for to fight in quarrel right or wrong,
But ______ a cause which truth can not defarre:
He ought ______ for to make sure and strong,
Justice to keep ______ with mercy among:
And no quarrell a knight ought ______ take
But for a truth, or for the common's sake.
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