The tyme is come, a knave childe sche bere.
Chaucer, The Man of Lawes Tale (Morris, ii. p. 192).
O murderous slumber,
Lay’st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy,
That plays thee music? gentle knave, good night.
Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar, act iv. sc. 3.
Knuckle. The German ‘Knöchel’ is any joint whatsoever; nor was our ‘knuckle’ limited formerly, as now it well nigh exclusively is, at least in regard of the human body, to certain smaller joints of the hand.
Thou, Nilus, wert assigned to stay her pains and travels past,
To which as soon as Io came with much ado, at last,
With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down.