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...squire, and of him learnel His state aud present plight. WHAT vertue is so fitting for a knight, Or. for a ladie whom a knight should love, As curtesie, to beare themselves aright To nil of each degree, as doth behove ? For whether they be placed high above, Or low beneath, yet ought...

...beare themselues aright To all of each degree, as doth behoue ? For whether they be placed high aboue, Or low beneath, yet ought they well to know Their good, that none them rightly may reproue Of rudenesse, for not yeelding what they owe : Great skill it is such duties timely to bestow....

...and of him learncs His state and present plight. i. WHAT vertue is so fitting for a knight, Or for a Ladie whom a knight should love, As Curtesie; to...: Great skill it is such duties timely to bestow. ii. Thereto great helpe dame Nature selfe doth lend; For some so goodly gratious are by kind, That...

...superiors. More than the other conduct books of Harvey's list, it emphasizes that courtesy requires men 'to beare themselves aright / To all of each degree, as doth behove' (FQ vi ii i). By 1590, Englishmen felt a need for a code of polite behavior that could be practiced...

...beare themselues aright To all of each degree, as doth behoue ? For whether they be placed high aboue, Or low beneath, yet ought they well to know Their good, that none them rightly may reproue Of rudenesse, for not yeelding what they owe: Great skill it is such duties timely to bestow....