 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1885 - 1014 pages
...The knight swore to accomplish the duties of his profession, as the champion of God and the ladie*, to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect...every perilous adventure his honour and character. Cnivalrv expired with the feudal system. See Kniqhthooa and Tourramenti. By letters patent of James... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - World history - 1893 - 766 pages
...of black armor, which was an emblem of death, for which he must always be prepared. He took an oath to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect the distressed, to practice courtesy, to defend the Christian religion, to despise the allurements of ease, and to vindicate... | |
 | World history - 1897 - 506 pages
...of black armor, which was an emblem of death, for which he must always be prepared. He took an oath to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect the distressed, to practice courtes}-, to defend the Christian religion, to despise the allurements of ease, and to vindicate... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1899 - 640 pages
...As the champion of God and the ladies, ( I blush to tmite such discordant names,) he devoted himself to speak the truth ; to maintain the right ; to protect the distressed ; to practise- cmtrtesy, a virtue less familiar to the ancients ; to pursue the infidels ; to despise the allurements... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1901 - 688 pages
...As the champion of God and the ladies (I blush to unite such discordant names), he devoted himself to speak the truth; to maintain the right; to protect the distressed; to practice courtesy, a virtue less familiar to the ancients; to pursue the infidels; to despise the allurements... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - World history - 1906 - 468 pages
...of black armor, which was an emblem of death, for which he must always be prepared. He took an oath to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect the distressed, ,> ARMS AND ARMOR to practice courtesy, to defend the Christian religion, to despise the allurements... | |
 | Thomas Tayler - Dictionaries, Polyglot - 1995 - 618 pages
...education, example, and the public opinion, were the inviolable guardians of the oath. He devoted himself to speak the truth ; to maintain the right; to protect the distressed; to practice courtesy — a virtue" less familiar to the ancients ; to pursue the infldels ; to despise... | |
 | Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Commandery (Mich.) - 1873 - 1338 pages
...accomplish the duties of his profession, as the champion of God and the ladies, he devoted himself to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect the distressed, to practice courtesy, and in every peril to vindicate his honor. A reciprocity of principle and an identity... | |
 | 1895 - 776 pages
...of black armor, which was an emblem of death, for which he must always be prepared. He took an oath to speak the truth, to maintain the right, to protect the distressed, to practice courtesy, to defend the Christian religion, to despise the allurements of ease, and to vindicate... | |
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As the champion of God and the ladies (I blush to unite such discordant names), he devoted himself to speak the truth; to maintain the right; to protect the distressed... 
