Possible Clues:

• Report request for knight to get up to overcome obstacle
• Master knight called Hill
• Overcome, as an obstacle
• Prevail over
• Overcome (obstacle)
• Overcome a difficulty, get over
• Sounds like the way to tell the knight to get on his horse to get over his difficulty
• Tight embrace
• Conquer, get the better of
• So as to get over this, get on your horse, Sir, by the sound of if