All suddenly out of the thickest brush,
2 Vpon a milke-white Palfrey all alone,
A goodly Ladie did foreby them rush,
4 Whose face did seeme as cleare as Christall stone,
And eke through feare as white as whales bone:
6 Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold,
And all her steed with tinsell trappings shone,
8 Which fled so fast, that nothing mote him hold,
And scarse them leasure gaue, her passing to behold.
1 All suddenly out of the thickest brush, 2 Upon a milk-white palfrey all alone,
palfrey > (Saddle-horse for ladies)
3 A goodly lady did forby them rush,
goodly > beautiful forby > close by; past
4 Whose face did seem as clear as crystal stone,
clear > brightly shining (cf. 203.22:3)
5 And eke through fear as white as whale's bone:
eke > also whale's bone > ivory (distinct from whalebone)
6 Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold, 7 And all her steed with tinsel trappings shone,