Sir Gilles is a mighty jouster and skilled withal, moreover he rideth his famous horse Marsa noble beast and fresh, while thine is something wearied.

He is dressed in long robes of gray which, methinks, are of poor seeming; but the horse he rideth upon hath the richest coursing that ever I saw.

Whoever rideth thither, Death has he close at hand.'" Nibelungenlied (Lettsom's tr.).

If any be content, then he rideth vpon an horse about the streets very richly apparelled, with drummes and pipes, to shew that he leaueth the riches of the world to be a Tallipoie.

So they talked among themselves merrily, until after a while quoth Little John, "Who rideth those two nags yonder?" "Two holy men like thee, brother," quoth the Beggar.