While not explicitly mentioned, the saying "Bros before hoes" can be applied to the first part of The Knight's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer. Arcite and Palamon, who are in fact cousins, fight over a damsel one of them sights before the other. They proceed with the childish I-called-her-first game, only to be separated following a set of events which leave each contestant in different circumstances, conflictingly equal.
Palamon seems to be the more chivalrous of the pair, while Acrite has
apparently been blinded by love. They proceed to exchange the common bankjob-film line: "Every man for himself".
Later on, Palamon's monologue from lines 1265-1264 question the nature of happiness and its role in life.
The Knight, our narrator, concludes by asking a disputable question: 
Due to the fact that Theseus has two women in his life (Ypolita and Emelye), a solution to the cousins' dilemma is foreshadowed: Each will end up with a woman. That is my prediction. However, it may just be that my hypothesis is completely mistaken.
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