[Ads-l] knight in shining armour, 1656

[Stephen Goranson]

OED has 1965.

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Wit and Fancy in a Maze. Or the incomparable champion of ...
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1656
FOUND INSIDE – PAGE 149
... and married her to his son Lurdanio , his Device was a Civet - Cat disburthening her self  a posteriore​ into the Helmet of a Knight in shining Armour , who held forth his Head - piece very handsomly ,
Section apparently also printed separately in
Don Zara del Fogo /

Samuel Holland

1656
[Book] Book
London : Vere,

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