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Too pronely pressed You to this coat of steel?

From Yolanda of Cyprus by Rice, Cale Young

When the dragon had eaten some sixteen score He hung up this sign on his cavern door, Whereat he lay pronely In majesty lonely: There’s Standing Room Only For Three Knights More!

From Grimm Tales Made Gay by Levering, Albert