XXVII.

Of her array the form if I shall write,

Toward her golden hair, and rich attire,

In fret-wise couched with pearlis white,

And greatë balas[8] lemyng[9] as the fire;

With many an emerald and fair sapphìre,

And on her head a chaplet fresh of hue,

Of plumës parted red, and white, and blue.

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