Attended by this gallant equipage, himself well mounted, and splendidly dressed in crimson and in gold, bearing upon his hand a falcon, and having his head covered by a rich fur bonnet, adorned with a circle of precious stones, from which his long curled hair escaped and overspread his shoulders, Prince John, upon a grey and high-mettled palfrey, caracoled within the lists at the head of his jovial party, laughing loud with his train, and eyeing with all the boldness of royal criticism the beauties who adorned the lofty galleries.
A süveg alól omlott alá vállára hosszú, göndör haja. A herceg tüzes szürke paripán ült, végignyargalt a bajvívó téren vidám társasága élén, hangosan kacagott, és fejedelmi vakmerő­ség­gel, bíráló szemmel nézegette a magas karzatokon pompázó hölgyeket.