Then judge, great lords, if I have done amiss;
Or whether that such cowards ought to wear
This ornament of knighthood, yea or no.
30 Glou. To say the truth, this fact was infamous
And ill beseeming any common man,
Much more a knight, a captain and a leader.
Tal. When first this order was ordain’d, my lords,
Knights of the garter were of noble birth,
35 Valiant and virtuous, full of haughty courage,
Such as were grown to credit by the wars;