2 With royal arras and resplendent gold,
arras > {Tapestry wall-hanging, screen; see 301.34:2}
3 And did with store of everything abound, 4 That greatest princes' presence might behold.
princes' > (Or "prince's", possibly referring directly to Arthur)
5 But all the floor (too filthy to be told) 6 With blood of guiltless babes, and innocents true, 7 Who there were slain, as sheep out of the fold, 8 Defiled was, that dreadful was to view, 9 And sacred ashes over it were strewn new.
sacred > {Sacred, because used to soak up Christians' blood: see 108.36:3; detestable, accursed, consecrated to one of the in- fernal deities, hence: devoted to destruction (Latin sacer)} new > newly, recently
108.36
And there beside of marble stone was built
2 An Altare, caru'd with cunning imagery,
On which true Christians bloud was often spilt,
4 And holy Martyrs often doen to dye,
With cruell malice and strong tyranny:
6 Whose blessed sprites from vnderneath the stone
To God for vengeance cryde continually,
8 And with great griefe were often heard to grone,
That hardest heart would bleede, to heare their piteous mone.
1 And there beside of marble stone was built 2 An altar, carved with cunning imagery,
cunning > occult; deceitful imagery > idolatrous images