The press sneered at the new pied Piper of Hamelin, and poets sang of him.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
One by one, the men were awakened with all the secrecy enjoined in the order; the horses were saddled in silence; and a troop of thirty cuirassiers, armed cap-a-pied, ready to mount, stood in the courtyard, just as the first streak of grey light-denoting the approach of dawn- became visible above the eastern horizon.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
And, with this gleeful anticipation, Scarthe, followed by his subaltern, stepped lightly along the passage leading towards the courtyard-where thirty troopers, armed cap-a-pied-each standing on the near side of his steed-awaited the order to spring into their saddles.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid