JOHN SKELTON

As patient and still And as full of good will As fair Isaphill, Coliander, Sweet pomander, Good Cassander; Steadfast of thought, Well made, well wrought, Far may be sought, Ere that ye can find So courteous, so kind As merry Margaret, This midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower.

��STEPHEN HAWES

��32. The True Knight

��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.

ji. Isaphill] Hypsipyle. coliander] coriander seed, an aromatic. pomander] a ball of perfume. Cassander] Cassandra.

)2. defarre] undo.

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