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When they had put on his hauberk, a valet laces about his head a helmet fluted with a band of gold, shining brighter than a mirror. Then he takes the sword and girds it on, and orders them to bring him saddled his bay steed of Gascony. WHEN THEY HAD PUT ON HIS HAVOK A VALET LACES ABOUT HIS HEAD A HELMET FLUTED WITH A BAND OF GOLD SHINING BRIGHTER THAN A MIRROR THEN HE TAKES HIS SWORD AND GIRDS IT ON AND ORDERS THEM TO BRING HIM SADDLED HIS BAY STEED OF GLASCONY
im bring his arms to arm his body withal. Then he went up into a bower, and had a Limoges rug laid out before him on the floor. Meanwhile, the squire ran to fetch the arms and came back and laid them on the rug. Erec took a seat opposite, on the figure of a leopard which was portrayed on the rug. He prepares and gets ready to put on his arms: first, he had laced on a pair of greaves of polished steel; next, he dons a hauberk, which was so fine that not a mesh could be cut away from it. This hauberk of his was rich, indeed, for neither inside nor outside of it was there enough iron to make a needle, nor could it gather any rust; for it was all made of worked silver in tiny meshes triple-wove; and it was made with such skill that I can assure you that no one who had put it on would have been more uncomfortable or sore because of it, than if he had put on a silk jacket over his undershirt. The knights and squires all began to wonder why he was being armed; but no one dared to ask him why. OTHER SQUIRE AND BADE HIM BRING HIS ARMS TO ARM HIS BODY WITHAL THEN HE WENT UP INTO A BOWER AND HAD A LIMINGES RUG LAID OUT BEFORE HIM ON THE FLOOR MEANWHILE THE SQUIRE RAN TO FETCH THE ARMS AND CAME BACK AND LAID THEM ON THE RUG ERIC TOOK A SEAT OPPOSITE ON THE FIGURE OF A LEOPARD WHICH WAS PORTRAYED ON THE RUG HE PREPARES AND GETS READY TO PUT ON HIS ARMS FIRST HE HAD LACED ON A PAIR OF GREAVES OF POLISHED STEEL NEXT HE DONNED A HAUBERK WHICH WAS SO FINE THAT NOT A MESH COULD BE CUT AWAY FROM IT THIS HAUBERK OF HIS WAS RICH INDEED FOR NEITHER INSIDE NOR OUTSIDE OF IT WAS THERE ENOUGH IRON TO MAKE A NEEDLE NOR COULD IT GATHER ANY RUST FOR IT WAS ALL MADE OF WORKED SILVER IN TINY MESHES TRIPLE WOVE AND IT WAS MADE WITH SUCH SKILL THAT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT NO ONE WHO HAD PUT IT ON WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE UNCOMFORTABLE OR SORE BECAUSE OF IT THAN IF HE HAD PUT ON A SILK JACKET OVER HIS UNDER SHIRT THE KNIGHTS AND SQUIRE ALL BEGAN TO WONDER WHY HE WAS BEING ARMED NO ONE DARED TO ASK HIM WHY
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