Note 7 — Chapter XVI
Edgar Taylor translation
A ço ke Willame diseit, Et encore plus dire voleit, Vint Willame li filz Osber, Son cheval tot covert de fer; "Sire," dist-il, "trop demoron, Armons nos tuit; allon! allon!" Issi sunt as tentes alé, &c.
See the observations of M. Deville on this description, in Mém. Ant. Norm. v. 81. Such an equipment of a horse at so early a period has no other authority, and is probably an anachronism. But it may be observed that Wace's description at least shows that the practice was already in existence in his day, which we believe could not be otherwise proved.