Ere that ye can find
So courteous, so kind
As merry Margaret,
This midsummer flower,
Gentle as falcon
Or hawk of the tower.

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


Stephen Hawes. d. 1523

32. The True Knight

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.

defarre] undo.


Stephen Hawes. d. 1523

33. An Epitaph