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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:2383
AUTHOR:Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
QUOTATION: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.
ATTRIBUTION:Hudibras. Part i. Canto iii. Line 1047.
 

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