The 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*:            [defeat]

He ought himself for to make sure and strong

Justice to keep mixt with mercy among:

      And no quarrel a knight ought to take

      But for a truth, or for a woman's sake.

Stephen Hawes

Epitaph

O MORTAL folk, you may behold and see

How I lie here, sometime a mighty knight.

The end of joy and all prosperity

Is death at last--through his course and might.

After the daye there cometh the dark night:

For though the daye be never so long,

At last the bell ringeth to even-song.

Stephen Hawes