Then, as the knight and horse drew near, their eyes became so fixed upon its neck that they were oblivious to all else; they stopped and stood still as statues, motionless from head to toe. And understand this: the colours so abounded as they dazzled in the sun that the beast appeared to be a bush smothered in teeming, intermingling hues, and the knight had a vision of maidens dancing-and in the flashes, in his mesmerized state, he was sure he saw the lovely Nerones.

Perceforest Book 3