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ell was he armed from head to heel,In mail and plate of Milan steel;But his strong helm, of mighty cost,Was all with burnished gold embossed;Amid the plumage of the crest,A falcon hovered on her nest,With wings outspread, and forward breast:E’en such a falcon, on his shield,Soared sable in an azure field:The golden legend bore aright,“Who checks at me, to death is dight.”Blue was the charger’s broidered rein;Blue ribbons decked his arching mane;The knightly housing’s ample foldWas velvet blue, and trapped with gold.
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