It seemed to them impossible that a woman could move with ease and comfort in so much clothing.

Then he drew for them a noble in the court dress of the period, and also the figure of a knight in full armor.
The last astonished them most of all.

How could a man move and breathe, thus enclosed in metal?
Roger admitted that, in a hot climate like that of Mexico, the heat would be terrible.

But he pointed out that men so clad were carried on horses, and had no occasion for movement; save of their arms, which, as there were joints in the armor at the shoulder, could be moved in any way with freedom.
"There cannot be much bravery required to fight, when protected in this way by metal," the queen said.
"Numbers are killed, nevertheless," Roger replied.

"The armor, strong as it is, will not resist the missiles fired from cannon; and the helmets--that is, the part that protects the head--can be beaten in by blows with heavy maces.