By good fortune, however, Iwanet soon came up and helped Parzival to don the armor.

He put it on over his motley garb, which he would not set aside because his mother had made it for him.
Some time after, Parzival came to the castle of Gurnemanz, a noble knight, with whom he remained for some time.

Here he received valuable instructions in all a knight need know.

When Parzival left this place, about a year later, he was an accomplished knight, clad as beseemed his calling, and ready to fulfill all the duties which chivalry imposed upon its votaries.
[Sidenote: Parzival and Conduiramour.] He soon heard that Queen Conduiramour was hard pressed, in her capital of Belripar, by an unwelcome suitor.

As he had pledged his word to defend all ladies in distress, Parzival immediately set out to rescue this queen.