krzyzacy

Updated: May 29, 2025

Zbyszko turned and saw about half a furlong behind him, a splendid retinue at the head of which there were riding two knights on fine Pomeranian horses, both in full armor, each of them wearing a white mantle with a black cross, and a helmet having a high crest of peacock's feathers. "For God's sake, Krzyzacy!" said Zbyszko.

Henryk Sienkiewicz - The Knights of the Cross: or, Krzyzacy