[Ads-l] knight in shining armour, 1656

[Andy Bach]

Huh.
The sixth was a Knight of *Muscovia*, a big man, but of a very Masculine
Aspect; this was he that stole aaway the Infanta of *Spain* in a Moonshine
night, maugre all her Guards, 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, his Motto:



*True type of her,whose breath's perfum'd I find,whether she vent
it,forward or behind.*

I think it's the knight of Muscovia who held forth his head-piece, though,
not the knight whose helm the kitten is doing its business in.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 3:16 PM Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

> OED has 1965.
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> https://books.google.com/books?id=nEVpAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA149&dq=%22knight+in+shining+armour%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-kP7Ezen2AhVBU98KHcoCDZsQ6AF6BAgCEAI
> >
> Wit and Fancy in a Maze. Or the incomparable champion of ...
> books.google.com › books
> 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 /
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> Samuel Holland
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> 1656
> [Book] Book
> London : Vere,
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