His thoughts were not of his dress nor of his surroundings, but of the coming battle, and he methodically reviewed the strategy he would employ to gain victory. Finally he raised his sun-bronzed arms so that his sword, a gift prized mightily for it came from William himself, could be attached to his waist by means of a metal loop. He then stood and allowed another to fasten the heavy hauberk over the quilted cotton undershirt. HE SAT astride a wooden stool, stretched his long muscular legs before him, and bade his servant to pull on the steel-mailed hose. IN SILENCE THE KNIGHT PREPARED FOR BATTLE. Jean Froissart, French Chronicler 1086, England
Gentle knights were born to fight, and war ennobles all who engage in it without fear or cowardice.
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