Cordovan leather; thence a baldric led

Of new cut deer-skin; this laborious wrought,

And curiously with slides of gold was fraught,

And buckled with a buckle white that shone,

Bone of the sea-horse, tongued with jet-black bone.

And, sapphire-set, a burgonet of gold

Barbaric, wyvern-crested whose throat rolled

A flame-sharp tongue of agate, and whose eyes

Glowed venomous great rubies fierce of prize.

And in his hand, a wiry lance of ash,