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Argalvs and Parthenia

Written by Fra: Quarles

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Thou lyest, false Traitor; and I here disdaine
Both words and mercy, with a base defie,
And to thy throat, my sword shall turne the lye.
To whom Amphialus: vnciuill Knight,
Couragious in nothing, but in spight,
And base discourtesie; thou soone shalt know,
Whether thy tongue betrayes thy heart or no.
And as he spake, he gaue him such a wound
Vpon the necke, as strucke him to the ground.
And, with the fall, his sword (that now denyde
All mercy) deepely pierc'd into his side;
That done; he loos'd his Helmet, with intent,
To make his ouerlauish tongue repent
Of those base words, he had so basely said,
Or else, to crop him shorter, by the head.