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Page 164
... Rosemary was the favourite decorative herb in Tudor days . " As for rosemarie , " wrote Sir Thomas More , " I lette it runne all over my walls , not onelie because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to friendship , whence ...
... Rosemary was the favourite decorative herb in Tudor days . " As for rosemarie , " wrote Sir Thomas More , " I lette it runne all over my walls , not onelie because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to friendship , whence ...
Page 166
... Rosemary snow ( white of egg and sugar beaten to a froth ) served on a branch of rosemary , was a favourite sweetmeat , the flowers were candied and conserves made of them ; wine was flavoured with the herb , and rosemary cordial was ...
... Rosemary snow ( white of egg and sugar beaten to a froth ) served on a branch of rosemary , was a favourite sweetmeat , the flowers were candied and conserves made of them ; wine was flavoured with the herb , and rosemary cordial was ...
Page 231
... Rosemary 147. Rose 148. Rue 149. Rush 150. Saffron 151. Samphire 152. Savory 153. Sedge 154. Speargrass 155. Stover Allium cepa Citrus aurantium See Willow Primula Salix caprea Viola Carum petroselinum Amygdalus persica Pyrus communis ...
... Rosemary 147. Rose 148. Rue 149. Rush 150. Saffron 151. Samphire 152. Savory 153. Sedge 154. Speargrass 155. Stover Allium cepa Citrus aurantium See Willow Primula Salix caprea Viola Carum petroselinum Amygdalus persica Pyrus communis ...
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Act iv Adonis amongst apple associated beauty centuries colour common commonly compared Coriolanus crown Cymbeline delight describes doth Duke Earl Elizabethan Ends eyes fair fairies Fifth figures flowers frequently fruit garden give green grow grown Hamlet hath Henry the Fourth Henry the Sixth herbs honey Ibid John King Henry King Richard known ladies leaves lily live look lord Love's Labour's Lost Measure mentioned Merry Wives Midsummer Night's Dream nature never noble noted orchard Othello pale Parkinson passage pear plant plantain play probably Queen references Romeo and Juliet root rose rosemary rush says Scene scent Second Shakespeare Shakespeare mentions smell Sonnet summer sweet Tempest thee thorns thou tree violets weeds wild Winter's Winter's Tale Wives of Windsor young