How splendid and fanciful must one of those domestic cavalcades have been, where the beautiful dames were mounted on palfreys magnificently caparisoned, with embroidered harness, all tinkling with silver bells, attended by cavaliers richly attired on prancing steeds, and followed by pages and serving-men, as we see them represented in old tapestry!
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
"I said that he who loved her well Would robe her all in silk, And bear her in a coach of gold, With palfreys white as milk.
"The Story and Song of Black Roderick"
Dora Sigerson
And while he lay between waking and sleeping, he saw come by him two white palfreys bearing a litter, wherein a sick knight lay, and the palfreys stood still by the cross.
"The Legends Of King Arthur And His Knights"
James Knowles