"Sprong" Quotes from Famous Books
... po[w]de, And grownde hyt wel in a stownde, And bathed hir threyes everi day, Nine mowthes, as I herde say, And afterwarde anoynitte wel hyr hede With good bame as I rede; Away fel alle that olde flessche, And yo[w]ge i-sprong tender and nessche; So fresshe to be scho then began Scho coveytede couplede be ... — The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare • Henry Nicholson Ellacombe |