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sche was not gylty of that Synne, that He wolde helpe hire 
and make it to be knowen to alle men, of His mercyfulle 
grace. And when sche hadde thus seyd, sche entered into the 
Fuyr; and anon was the Fuyr quenched and oute; and the 
Brondes that weren brennynge becomen red Roseres, and the 
Brondes that weren not kyndled becomen white Roseres, full 
of Roses. And these weren the first Roseres and Roses, both 
white and rede, that evere ony man saughe.”—• Voiage and 
Travaile , cap. vi. 
With this pretty legend I may well conclude the account 
of Shakespeare’s Roses, commending, however, M. Biron’s 
sensible remarks on unseasonable flowers (No. 26) to those 
who estimate the beauty of a flower or anything else in pro¬ 
portion to its being produced out of its natural season. 
IRosemarg. 
(1) Reverend Sirs, 
For you there’s Rosemary and Rue ; these keep 
Seeming and savour all the winter long ; 
Grace and remembrance be to you both. 1 
Winter's Tale , iv. 4, 73. 
(2) Marry, come up, my dish of chastity with Rosemary and bays. 
Pericles , iv. 6, 159. 
(3) Bedlam beggars, who, with roaring voices 
Strike in their numb’d and mortified bare arms 
Pins, wooden pricks, and sprigs of Rosemary.— Lear, ii. 3, 14. 
(4) There’s Rosemary, that’s for remembrance ; pray, love, remember. 
Hamlet , iv. 5, 175. 
(5) Nurse. Doth not Rosemary and Romeo begin both with a letter ? 
Romeo . Aye, nurse ; what of that ? both with an R. 
Nurse. Ah, mocker I that’s the dog’s name ; R. is for the-. 
No; I know it begins with some other letter: —and she hath the 
prettiest sententious of it, of you and Rosemary, that it would do you 
good to hear it.— Romeo andJuliet , ii. 4, 219. 
1 Grace was symbolized by the Rue, or Herb of Grace, and remembrance 
by the Rosemary. 
