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Chapter 2

           Thefore-partofhisthighs,wherethefoldsofhismantlepermittedthemtobeseen,werealsocoveredwithlinkedmail;thekneesandfeetweredefendedbysplints,orthinplatesofsteel,ingeniouslyjointeduponeachother;andmailhose,reachingfromtheankletotheknee,effectuallyprotectedthelegs,andcompletedtherider’sdefensivearmour.Inhisgirdleheworealonganddouble-edgeddagger,whichwastheonlyoffensiveweaponabouthisperson.

           Herode,notamule,likehiscompanion,butastronghackneyfortheroad,tosavehisgallantwar-horse,whichasquireledbehind,fullyaccoutredforbattle,withachamfronorplaitedhead-pieceuponhishead,havingashortspikeprojectingfromthefront.Ononesideofthesaddlehungashortbattle-axe,richlyinlaidwithDamascenecarving;ontheothertherider’splumedhead-pieceandhoodofmail,withalongtwo-handedsword,usedbythechivalryoftheperiod.Asecondsquireheldalofthismaster’slance,fromtheextremityofwhichflutteredasmallbanderole,orstreamer,bearingacrossofthesameformwiththatembroidereduponhiscloak.Healsocarriedhissmalltriangularshield,broadenoughatthetoptoprotectthebreast,andfromthencediminishingtoapoint.Itwascoveredwithascarletcloth,whichpreventedthedevicefrombeingseen.

           Thesetwosquireswerefollowedbytwoattendants,whosedarkvisages,whiteturbans,andtheOrientalformoftheirgarments,showedthemtobenativesofsomedistantEasterncountry.

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