And to the lystes rit the compaignye,
By ordinance, thurghout the citee large,
Hanged with clooth of gold, and nat with sarge.
Ful lik a lord this noble duc gan ryde,
Thise two Thebans upon either syde,
And after rood the queene and Emelye,
And after that another compaignye
Of oon and oother, after hir degree.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Knight’s Tale. Each person rides to the enormous stadium built for the jousting competition in an orderly fashion, in order of their rank. Everone knows their place at the enormous stadium built by Theseus.