For their part they had no clothing on that was worth a straw, except some soiled and filthy shirts: and their feet and hands were bound with cords, as they came riding upon four limping jades, which were weak, and thin, and miserable.
"Four Arthurian Romances "Erec et Enide", "Cliges", "Yvain", and "Lancelot""
Chretien DeTroyes
And suppose you find out that these young enthusiasts are little jades?
"Modeste Mignon"
Honore de Balzac
The jades have sworn we shall not so much as touch their cunts till we have all agreed to conclude peace.
"The Eleven Comedies"
Aristophanes et al