 | William D'Avenant - 1872 - 462 pages
...commeth wilfully, and is there burned to ashes, and within three dais a little wonne is gendered in the ashes, and waxeth little and little, and taketh feathers, and is shapen and turned to a birj," — Buteman upon Jiartholome. 1582, Folio. D And Paradine doth find my charms predominant. ALB.... | |
 | Bartholomaeus (Anglicus) - 1893 - 212 pages
...smelling sticks, that are full dry. and in summer when the western wind blows, the sticks and the nest arc set on fire with burning heat of the sun, and burn...and turned to a bird. Ambrose saith the same in the Hcxameron: Of the humours or ashes of phoenix ariseth a new bird and waxeth, and in space of time he... | |
 | Herbert West Seager - 1896 - 372 pages
...western wind bloweth, the sticks and the nest be set on fire with burning heat of the sun, and burneth strongly. Then this bird Phoenix cometh wilfully into...waxeth little and little, and taketh feathers, and is shaped and turned to a bird. And is the most fairest bird that is, most like to the peacock in feathers,... | |
 | Bartholomaeus (Anglicus), Robert Steele - 1905 - 230 pages
...years are past, and he feeleth his own default and feebleness, he maketh a nest of right sweet-smelling sticks, that are full dry, and in summer when t;he...same in the Hexameron : Of the humours or ashes of phanix ariseth a new bird and waxeth, and in space of time he is clothed with feathers and wings and... | |
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... smelling sticks, that be full dry, and in summer when the western wind bloweth, the sticks and the nest be set on fire with burning heat of the sun, and burneth strongly. Then this bird Phoenix cometh wilfully into the burning nest, and is there burnt... 