Royal Origins
In The Second Shepherd's Play Scene VIII Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's round table, plays tennis with a group of giants in The Turke and Gowin.
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“Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,
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The royal banner and all quality,
Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!”
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