7 And on his shield, enveloped sevenfold,
enveloped sevenfold > [covered with seven layers; cf. Guyon's shield at 205.6:3, 208.32:5]
8 He bore a crowned little ermelin,
ermelin > ermine [the animal]
9 That decked the azure field with her fair powdered skin.
decked > adorned, beautified azure field > (Another heraldic term. Azure = sky-blue, field = the surface of the shield or one of its divisions) powdered > {Decorated with small spots. In heraldry, ermine is a fur, white marked with triangular black spots. It is a traditional symbol of royalty and chastity}
302.26
The Damzell well did vew his personage,
2 And liked well, ne further fastned not,
But went her way; ne her vnguilty age
4 Did weene, vnwares, that her vnlucky lot
Lay hidden in the bottome of the pot;
6 Of hurt vnwist most daunger doth redound:
But the false Archer, which that arrow shot
8 So slyly, that she did not feele the wound,
Did smyle full smoothly at her weetlesse wofull stound.
1 The damsel well did view his personage,
personage > image, representation