They look like rosebuds filled with snow.

An Howres Recreation in Musike. (1606. Set to music by Richard Alison. Oliphant's "La Messa Madrigalesca," p. 229.)

A vest as admired Voltiger had on,

Which from this Island's foes his grandsire won,

Whose artful colour pass'd the Tyrian dye,

Obliged to triumph in this legacy.[685:2]

The British Princes, p. 96. (1669.)

When Adam dolve, and Eve span,

Who was then the gentleman?

Lines used by John Ball in Wat Tyler's Rebellion.[685:3]