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 1     1|       shield upon his arm, in knightly wise,~Belted and mailed,
 2     1|     His opposite in force and knightly skill:~The first to parley
 3     1|       to drink,~And dropt the knightly helmet, -- to his cost,~
 4     1|  Saracen, with anger hot:~"Is knightly worship sunk so low in me,~
 5     3| spring from thee,~Who both by knightly lance and prudent lore,~
 6     5|    out of Italy:~And there of knightly arms made such assay,~Was
 7     5|      than once avouched, with knightly brand,~And yet might vouch,
 8     9|      his embassy;~But he, who knightly worth or courteous lore~
 9     9|   never vail through thee his knightly pride,~Nor base be rated
10    16|   serve the warrior, rear~The knightly helm and buckler at his
11    16|       close,~There needs than knightly lance, well placed in rest;~
12    17|    Arrived, saw broken many a knightly spear,~And more than one
13    17|   crest;~In all Sir Gryphon's knightly ensigns drest.~ ~ CXI~He,
14    21|  impious gain!~-- And but his knightly faith, and oaths he swore,~
15    22|       voided in the joust his knightly sell.~Who laughs, as well
16    25|    been,~Who to her waist the knightly sword has tied;~Born with
17    31|    would be fain,~So that his knightly honour took no stain.~ ~
18    31|    arrayed~His naked limbs in knightly plate and chain,~When thither
19    31|     in desert place,~Alone in knightly duel, face to face."~ ~
20    33|      A fairer notion of their knightly fame~Than heretofore, might
21    33|    ended, would they wear~The knightly mail or climb the steed
22    35|   Instead of craving thus the knightly course,~Better mine embassy
23    36|       had begirt him with the knightly blade,~He, as a traitor,
24    38|      Rogero pledges first his knightly word,~Should his king mar,
25    45|       The praise that they in knightly joust excel;~And with whatever
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