 Then was there a fair Bride-cup of silver and gilt carried before her, wherein was a goodly branch of Rosemary gilded very faire, hung about with silken Ribands of all colours ; next was there a noyse of Musicians that played all the way before her...  The Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries - Page 176by Edward J. Wood - 1869Full view - About this book
 | Ida Ashworth Taylor - Great Britain - 1822 - 414 pages
...gilt, " wherein was a goodly branch of rosemary, gilded very fair, and hung about with silken ribbands of all colours ; next there was a noise of musicians, that played all the way before her." Then followed a train of virgins, some bearing bride-cakes, and others garlands, ornamented with gold... | |
 | Agriculture - 1874 - 546 pages
...before her, wherein was a goodly branch of Bosemary gilded very fair, and hung about with silken ribbons of all colours ; next there was a noise of musicians,...played all the way before her. After her came the ohiefest maidens of the country, some bearing bride cakes, and some garlands made of wheat finely gilded,... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - Marriage - 1873 - 404 pages
...aecording to the manner of those days. She was led to church between two sweet boys, with bride-laces and rosemary tied about their silken sleeves. Then...garlands made of wheat finely gilded, and so passed to church ; and the bridegroom finely apparelled, with the young men, followed close behind.' Vide ' History... | |
 | William John Hardy, F. E. Robinson, William Paley Baildon - Berkshire (England) - 1903 - 450 pages
...Rosemary gilded very faire, hung about with silken Ribonds of all colours : Next was there a noyse of musicians that played all the way before her ; after her came all the chiefest maydens of the Countrie, some bearing great Bride Cakes, and some garlands of wheat... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - Fasts and feasts - 1905 - 354 pages
...almost said bawdy jests. Bethel, 1634, p. 279. In the same work, speaking of his bride, it is said, that "after her came the chiefest maidens of the country,...wheat finely gilded, and so passed to the church. She was led to church between two sweet boys, with bridelaces and rosemary tied about their silken... | |
 | Francis William Galpin - Music - 1910 - 516 pages
...necessarily cast unworthy reflections on the performers. In the History of John A7ewchurche (1597) we read "there was a noise of musicians that played all the way before her" ; and Sneak's noise, which delighted Sir John Falstaff at the Boar's Head in Eastcheap, was what our... | |
 | Thomas Deloney - 1912 - 904 pages
...Rosemary gilded very faire, hung about with silken Ribands of all colours : next was there a noyse of Musicians that played all the way before her : after her came all the chiefest maydens of the Country, some bearing great Bride Cakes, and some Garlands of wheate... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 748 pages
...branch of rosemary, gilded very fair, hung about with silken ribands of all colours: next was there a noise of musicians, that played all the way before her: after her came all the chiefest maidens of the country, some bearing great bride-cakes, and some garlands of wheat,... | |
 | Paul Salzman - English fiction - 1998 - 468 pages
...branch of rosemary gilded very fair, hung about with silken ribbons of all colours. Next was there a noise of musicians that played all the way before her. After her came all the chiefest maidens of the country, some bearing great bride-cakes, and some garlands of wheat... | |
 | Peter Holland - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 370 pages
...Rosemary gilded very fair, hung about with silken Ribands of all colours . . . [N]ext was there a noyse of Musicians that played all the way before her: after her came all the chiefest maydens of the countrie, some bearing great Bride Cakes, and some Garlands of wheate... | |
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