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Aliquando oportebat nos comedere carnes semicoctas vel ferè crudas propter defectum materiæ ignis quando iacebamus in campis et de nocte descendebamus: quia tunc non poteramus benè colligere stercora equorum vel boum: aliam materiam ignis rarò inueniebamus; nisi fortè alicubi aliquas spinas.

The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253. 2004

Aliquando oportebat nos comedere carnes semicoctas vel fer� crudas propter defectum materi� ignis quando iacebamus in campis et de nocte descendebamus: quia tunc non poteramus ben� colligere stercora equorum vel boum: aliam materiam ignis rar� inueniebamus; nisi fort� alicubi aliquas spinas.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

“Sicut lilium inter spinas,” sang the sublime alto voice.

Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

“Sicut lilium inter spinas,” sang the sublime alto voice.

Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

“Sicut lilium inter spinas,” sang the sublime alto voice.

Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

[523] _Spinosæ arbores cultura sæpius deponunt spinas in hortis_, 'Linn.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

[1629] "Tradunt saevitiam maris praesagire eos, correptisque opperiri lapillis, mobilitatem pondere stabilientes: nolunt volutatione spinas atterere, quod ubi videre nautici, statim pluribus ancoris navigia infraenant."

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

There is more about Pallas in book-titles (to which additions can easily be made), and about "Jonson's Cri-spinus or Cri-spinas," but perhaps we have now the gist of Mr. Greenwood's remarks on the

Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown Andrew Lang 1878

Nullus habebit separatim mordacem pavulam ad evellendas spinas si forte calcaverit absque Præposito domus et secundo: pendeatque in fenestra in qua codices collocantur.

The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871

Their churches and monasteries (_rosae inter spinas_, says the historian) were scattered over the principal towns, Cordova retaining seven, Toledo six, etc.; and their clergy were allowed to display the costume, and celebrate the pompous ceremonial, of the Romish communion.

The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 William Hickling Prescott 1827