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In what place so yt it be, 

 And newr schall ye tre fruyt bere 

 Whyl yt con feccyon hangyt yere [there] 

 Zet tellyth ye bok feryer vs [furtherwise] 

 Yis confeccyon is more meruylyows 

 Lete castyn it in a net in ye se, 

 Wonder thyng yu schalt se, 

 Alle ye fyschis, yer abowte 

 Schall gadir yedir i arowte [thither in a rout] 

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Wheyer it is soth, or it he is 

 I seye nozt but as ye bok me wys 

 Ye autowurs name yat yis wroth 

 Ye bok wythnes-it ryth noth /" 



a circumstance which may be often remarked in 

 similar categories of supernatural marvels. 



It may be mentioned that a conserve of roses 

 still retains its place in our Materia Medico, as a 

 calming and soothing medium. 



The various emblematic meanings attached to 

 the rose are well known. 



The expression " under the rose " is said by 

 some to have originated in the circumstance of 

 our William III. having communicated his scheme 

 for the invasion of England, to the Burgomaster of 

 Amsterdam, beneath a rose made of stucco which, 

 ornamented the ceiling of the pavilion where they 

 held their conference ; but it was evidently used long 

 before his time ; and neither this nor the golden 

 rose of the popes accounts for its origin, to which a 

 much older date is to be assigned. The rose was 

 with the ancients the emblem of pleasure and enjoy- 

 ment, and as they adopted it to ornament banquet- 

 ting rooms where friends met in full confidence that 



