So Clamadeus sent twenty of his knights to the castle gate, with pennons and banners  of every description unfurled in the wind; and when the men of the castle saw them they  rashly flung open the gates at the boy’s command, and under the watching eyes of everyone  he rode out to confront the knights. Bold and strong and confident, he met them all together  – and no one on the end of his onslaught thought him an apprentice in the art of arms!  He showed great skill that day: he gutted many with his lance, pierced chests and breasts,  broke arms and collars, some he killed and others crippled, some he toppled, others seized,  and sent the captured knights and horses to those who needed them.

Perceval, the Story of the Grail