Samuel Butler (poet) Quote

If he that in the field is slain
Be in the bed of honour lain,
He that is beaten may be said
To lie in honour's truckle-bed.


Canto III, line 1047 - Hudibras Part I (1663–1664)


If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain, He that is beaten may be said To lie in honour's truckle-bed.

If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain, He that is beaten may be said To lie in honour's truckle-bed.

If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain, He that is beaten may be said To lie in honour's truckle-bed.

If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain, He that is beaten may be said To lie in honour's truckle-bed.