Quote#Courage
Tread soft, for if you wake this Knight alone
Quote byWilliam Strode · 1600–1645
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Epitaph on the Monument of Sir William Strode".
English (original)
Tread soft, for if you wake this Knight alone, You raise an Hoast: Religions Champion, His Cuntreys Staffe, Rights bold Distributer, His Neighbours Guard, the Poor mans Almoner, Who dyes with Works about him, as did He, Shall rise attended thus triumphantly.
— William Strode
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