7 Or aught that else your honour might maintain;
else > otherwise maintain > defend, uphold
8 But that this weapon's power I well have kenned
But > Except kenned > recognized, observed
9 To be contrary to the work which you intend.
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For that same knights owne sword this is of yore,
2 Which Merlin made by his almightie art
For that his noursling, when he knighthood swore,
4 Therewith to doen his foes eternall smart.
The metall first he mixt with Med{ae}wart,
6 That no enchauntment from his dint might saue;
Then it in flames of Aetna wrought apart,
8 And seuen times dipped in the bitter waue
Of hellish Styx, which hidden vertue to it gaue.
1 "For that same knight's own sword this is of yore,
yore > old
2 Which Merlin made by his almighty art 3 For him, his nursling, when he knighthood swore,