Inshort, hiswitsbeingquitegone, hehituponthestrangestnotionthatevermadmaninthisworldhitupon, andthatwasthathefancieditwasrightandrequisite, aswellforthesupportofhisownhonourasfortheserviceofhiscountry, thatheshouldmakeaknight-errantofhimself, roamingtheworldoverinfullarmourandonhorsebackinquestofadventures, andputtinginpracticehimselfallthathehadreadofasbeingtheusualpracticesofknights-errant; rightingeverykindofwrong, andexposinghimselftoperilanddangerfromwhich, intheissue, ; andso, ledawaybytheintenseenjoymenthefoundinthesepleasantfancies, hesethimselfforthwithtoputhisschemeintoexecution.
Thefirstthinghedidwastocleanupsomearmourthathadbelongedtohisgreat-grandfather, , butheperceivedonegreatdefectinit, thatithadnoclosedhelmet, , however, hisingenuitysupplied, forhecontrivedakindofhalf-helmetofpasteboardwhich, fittedontothemorion, , inordertoseeifitwasstrongandfittostandacut, hedrewhisswordandgaveitacoupleofslashes, , andtoguardagainstthatdangerhesettoworkagain, fixingbarsofironontheinsideuntilhewassatisfiedwithitsstrength; andthen, notcaringtotryanymoreexperimentswithit, hepasseditandadopteditasahelmetofthemostperfectconstruction.
