Английский язык с М. Муркоком

The horse was glad to gallop as fast as Corum desired, for it also knew the forest and was enjoying the exercise. It was a red Vadhagh horse with a blue-black mane and tail and it was strong, tall and graceful, unlike the shaggy, wild ponies that inhabited the forest. It was mantled in yellow velvet and hung about with panniers, two spears, a plain round shield made of different thicknesses of timber, brass, leather and silver, a long bone bow and a quiver holding a good quantity of arrows. In one of the panniers were provisions for the journey, and in another were books and maps for guidance and entertainment.

Prince Corum himself wore a conical silver helm (сам принц Корум носил конусообразный серебряный шлем; to wear-wore-worn) which had his full name (который имел = на котором его полное имя) carved in three characters (/было/ вырезано тремя символами: «в трех знаках»; to carve — вырезать /по дереву, кости и т. д. /, гравировать; character — буква, иероглиф, цифра; письмо) above the short peak (на коротком острие; above — вверху, выше) — Corum Jhaelen Irsei — which meant (что означало; to mean-meant-meant) Corum, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe (Принц в Алом Плаще). It was the custom of the Vadhagh (это был обычай вадагов) to choose a robe of distinctive colour (выбирать плащ различительного цвета) and identify themselves (и опознавать друг друга; to identify — устанавливать личность, определять) by means of it (посредством его), as the Nhadragh used crests and banners (тогда как надраги использовали плюмаж и знамена; crest — гребешок /петуха, шлема/, хохолок, плюмаж /украшение из перьев на головных уборах и конской сбруе/; banner — знамя, флаг, стяг) of greater complication (большей сложности). Corum wore the robe now. It had long, wide sleeves (он /плащ/ имел длинные, широкие рукава), a full skirt (широкий подол; full — полный, целый; широкий; skirt — пола, подол, юбка; край) that was spread back over his horse's rump (что расстилался назад поверх крупа его коня; to spread — развертывать/ся/, раскидывать/ся/, распространять/ся/; rump — крестец, круп, зад), and it was open at the front (был открытым спереди). At the shoulders (за плечами) was fixed a hood (был пришит капюшон; to fix — устанавливать, прикреплять; чинить) large enough (достаточно большой) to go over his helmet (чтобы закрывать: «идти поверх» его шлем; to go over — переходить /на другую сторону/, опрокидываться; прикрывать). It had been made from the fine, thin skin of a creature (он был сделан из прекрасной тонкой шкуры существа; skin — кожа, шкур, кожура) that was thought to dwell in another plane (которое, полагали, обитало в другой плоскости), forgotten even by the Vadhagh (забытое даже вадагами). Beneath the coat (под плащом; coat — пиджак, пальто; верхняя одежда) was a double byrnie (находилась двойная кольчуга) made up of a million tiny links (состоявшая из миллиона крошечных звеньев). The upper layer of this byrnie was silver (верхний слой этой кольчуги был серебряным) and the lower layer was of brass (а нижний слой — из латуни).

distinctive [ds'tktv] identify [a'dentfa] front [frnt] double [dbl] byrnie ['b: n] layer ['le]

Prince Corum himself wore a conical silver helm which had his full name carved in three characters above the short peak — Corum Jhaelen Irsei — which meant Corum, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe. It was the custom of the Vadhagh to choose a robe of distinctive colour and identify themselves by means of it, as the Nhadragh used crests and banners of greater complication. Corum wore the robe now. It had long, wide sleeves, a full skirt that was spread back over his horse's rump, and it was open at the front. At the shoulders was fixed a hood large enough to go over his helmet. It had been made from the fine, thin skin of a creature that was thought to dwell in another plane, forgotten even by the Vadhagh. Beneath the coat was a double byrnie made up of a million tiny links. The upper layer of this byrnie was silver and the lower layer was of brass.