On the Art of Horsemanship

Xenophon

Xenophon, creator; Scripta Minora; Marchant, E. C. (Edgar Cardew), 1864-1960, editor, translator; Bowersock, G. W, (Glen Warren), 1936-, editor, translator

The quilting of the cloth should be such as to give the rider a safer seat and not to gall the horse’s back.

Thus horse and man alike will be armed in most parts.