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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.
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.
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