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He whom thou hast called recreant knight, has been Saxon host.
2
Yield therefore as defeated, and a recreant knight, or thou shall surely die.
3
But there, like the recreant knight in the Arthurian idyl, he paused and doubted.
4
Look to it, recreant knight, perjured Christian, and usurping King!
5
Have you tilted, or are you a recreant knight?
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Yield now to me as a recreant knight or I will slay you as you stand.
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Arise, recreant knight and king.
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And then Sir Gawaine made many men to blow upon Sir Launcelot; and all at once they called him false recreant knight.
9
Fie on him, recreant knight, said the queen, for wit ye well I am right sorry an he shall have his life.
10
Great sorrow reigned among all the lords and dames, and Queen Guinevere, on bent knees, had sued the king's pardon for the recreant knight.
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Her ladyship, however, was proud to show that she had too much sense and spirit to accept again the homage of this recreant knight.
12
This was a recreant knight-butalso a man who had suffered long and greatly, who, if eye and intuition could be trusted, suffered now.
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Take it, or I proclaim you recreant knights and vanquished, every one!
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But ours is, notwithstanding its manifold excellences, a degenerate age; and recreant knights are among us far outnumbering the true.
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4 Of reason's rule, to see this recreant knight
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5 You recreant knight, and soon yourself prepare
