And so on this very night, when thick darkness had settled down, Ailill desired to test the courage of his warriors, and offered his own gold-Hilted sword to any young man who would go out and tie a coil of twisted twigs around the leg of one of the bodies suspended from the tree.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
Shouts rent the air as at length the king issued from the Commissioner's house, carrying in his own hand a magnificent diamond-Hilted sword, accompanied by the queen, and followed by several of the princes and princesses.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
The old copy at Windsor Castle serves, however, to recall its details of costume; such as his brown doublet stiff with gold brocade and scintillating with the gleams of splendid jewels, his coat of royal red embroidered with gold thread and lined with ermine to match the wide collar; his plumed and jewelled cap; as also the huge gems on collar, pendant, rings, and the gold-Hilted dagger in its blue velvet sheath.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue