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And Hegesippus' maddening grape-cluster 

 He set therein, and Persus' scented Flag 



And this gracious coronal of song 



Be for all such as love these holy things. 



Meleager: Wreath of Song, (ist Cent. B. C.) 

 Tr. by W. M . Hardinge. 



Under so fair a heaven as I describe, 

 The four and twenty Elders, two by two, 

 Came on incoronate with Flower-de-luce. 



Dante: Purgatorio. 



Heil moder, heil mayden, heil heavenly queen, 

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Heil fairer than the Flour-de-lys. 



Anon.: Ancient Hymn to the Virgin. 



A Friar there was, a wantowne and a merye, 



His nekke whit was as a Flour delys. 



Chaucer: Canterbury Tales. 



Than the riche Floure-de-lice 

 Wan thare ful litill prise, 

 Fast he fled for ferde. 



Minot: Batyl of Banocburn. (14th Century.) 



