"Dubb" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... knights he made on a day, And dubb'd them with his hands; Rewarded them right worthily With the towns ...
— Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance - Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series • Various
... note (6) to "The Maid of Honour," Massinger's Works, iii. 47, for an explanation of the origin and use of this expression of contempt. See also Malone's remarks upon the passage in "Twelfth Night," act iii. sc. 4: "He is a knight dubb'd with an unhatch'd rapier ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various |
