That nought mote perce, ne might his corse be harmd
4 With dint of sword, nor push of pointed speare;
Which as an Eagle, seeing pray appeare,
6 His aery plumes doth rouze, full rudely dight,
So shaked he, that horrour was to heare,
8 For as the clashing of an Armour bright,
Such noyse his rouzed scales did send vnto the knight.

1 And over, all with brazen scales was armed,

over > moreover; _also:_ over [his body]

2 Like plated coat of steel, so couched near

couched near > closely laid

3 That naught might pierce, nor might his corse be harmed

corse > body

4 With dint of sword, nor push of pointed spear:

dint > blow, impact

5 Which as an eagle, seeing prey appear,
6 His airy plumes does rouse, full rudely dight,

rouse > shake (used of a hawk shaking its feathers. Spenser reveals
an intimate knowledge of falconry and its language in this canto,
as elsewhere in the poem)
full rudely dight > very roughly arranged

7 So shook he, that horror was to hear,

was > [it was]

8 For as the clashing of an armour bright,
9 Such noise his roused scales did send to the knight.

111.10

His flaggy wings when forth he did display,
2 Were like two sayles, in which the hollow wynd
Is gathered full, and worketh speedy way:
4 And eke the pennes, that did his pineons +bynd,+
Were like mayne-yardes, with flying canuas lynd,
6 With which whenas him list the ayre to beat,
And there by force vnwonted passage find,
8 The cloudes before him fled for terrour great,
And all the heauens stood still amazed with his threat.

4 bynd, > bynd _1596_

1 His flaggy wings, when forth he did display,

flaggy > drooping
display > spread [them]; _or:_ exhibit himself ostentatiously (cf.
_King Lear_ II iv 40)

2 Were like two sails, in which the hollow wind
3 Is gathered full, and works speedy way:
4 And eke the pens, that did his pinions bind,

eke > also
pens > feathers (here = wing-coverts)
pinions > flight-feathers (primaries and secondaries)

5 Were like main-yards, with flying canvas lined,
6 With which when he list the air to beat,

list > chose

7 And there by force unwonted passage find,

unwonted > unaccustomed [the air being unaccustomed to such
treatment]

8 The clouds before him fled for terror great,
9 And all the heavens stood still, amazed with his threat.

amazed with > overwhelmed by,