[Ads-l] knight in shining armour, 1656

[Jonathan Lighter]

But is a knight in shining armor a "knight in shining armor"?

The first emphasizes the splendor of appearance, the second the moral
excellence.

JL

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 5:55 PM Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > <
> >
> 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 /
> >
> > Samuel Holland
> >
> > 1656
> > [Book] Book
> > London : Vere,
> >
> > SG
> >
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