She [the fairy] gave him [Lanzelet] rich armour, white as a swan, the best that might be, a surcoat (wafen-roc) decked with golden bells; sword and shield, and a goodly horse.  But the lad did not know how to ride, so let the bridle hang loose and held on by the saddle-bow.  In this fashion he rode till he met a knight, Johfrit de Liez, who rebuked him for his childish bearing, and took him to his castle, where he was kindly welcomed by the host's mother and her maidens, and instructed in riding and the use of knightly weapons. (The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac, Weston, 1901)