Here, in gold-embroidered red doublet, jewelled surcoat, and gilt-edged ruff and wristbands, stood Sir Anthony Sherard, with his silver-and-black armour piled at his feet.
The sun shone brightly, and the land seemed in a blaze with their burnished helmets, and the brilliant colours of the surcoats which the knights wore above their mail.
They do, my lord. The messenger's voice was dulled by exhaustion. On the breast of his torn surcoat, the brindled boar of Crakehall was half-obscured by dried blood.
" Your father" . Jaime eyed Red Ronnet's surcoat, where two griffins faced each other on a field of red and white. Dancing griffins. " Our late Hand's ... brother, was he" ?
The young knight with the green viper embroidered on his surcoat stepped forward and went to one knee. " My lady, I beg the boon of championing your cause. "
His dress also was of the same cut as the first man's, though somewhat gayer, the surcoat being light green with a golden spray embroidered on the breast, and his belt being of filagree silver-work.
" I do not know the men you speak of, " said one of the men with a red star on his surcoat, " but if they are of the Faith, no doubt the Seven had need of their service" .