, and the arms, and what they were for, and how they were used.
And Owain shewed him all these things fully, and told him what use was
made of them. "Go forward," said Peredur, "for I saw such an one as thou
enquirest for, and I will follow thee."

Then Peredur returned to his mother and her company, and he said to her,
"Mother, those were not angels, but honourable knights." Then his mother
swooned away. And Peredur went to the place where they kept the horses
that carried firewood, and that brought meat and drink from the inhabited
country to the desert. And he took a bony piebald horse, which seemed to
him the strongest of them. And he pressed a pack into the form of a
saddle, and with twisted twigs he imitated the trappings which he had
seen upon the horses. And when Peredur came again to his mother, the
Countess had recovered from her swoon. "My son," said she, "desirest
thou to ride forth?" "Yes, with thy leave," said he. "Wait then, that I
may counsel thee before thou goest." "Willingly," he answered, "speak
quickly." "Go forward," then she said, "to the Court of Arthur, where
there are the best, and the boldest, and the most bountiful of men. And
wherever thou seest a church, repeat there thy Paternoster unto it. And
if thou see meat and drink, and hast need of them, and none have the
kindness or the courtesy to give them to thee, take them thyself. If
thou hear an outcry, proceed towards it, especially if it be the outcry
of a woman. If thou see a fair jewel, possess thyself of it, and give it
to another, for thus thou shalt obtain praise. If thou see a fair woman,
pay thy court to her, whether she will or no; for thus thou wilt render
thyself a better and more esteemed man than thou wast before."

After this discourse, Peredur mounted the horse, and taking a handful of
sharp pointed forks in his hand, he rode forth. And he journeyed two
days and two nights in the woody wildernesses, and in desert places,
without food and without drink. And then he came to a vast wild wood,
and far within the wood he saw a fair even glade, and in the glade he saw
a tent, and seeming to him to be a church, he repeated his Paternoster to
the tent. And he went towards it, and the door of the tent was open. And
a golden chair was near the door. And on the chair sat a lovely auburn-
haired maiden, with a golden frontlet on her forehead, and sparkling
stones in the frontlet, and with a large gold ring on her hand.