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THEN when Judah waxeth, that is to say, when love and desire of unseen true goods is rising and waxing in a man's affection; then coveteth Rachel for to bear some children; that is to say, then coveteth reason to know these things that affection feeleth; for as it falleth to the affection for to love, so it falleth to the reason for to know.

The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 Henry Pepwell 1902

And ever the more that Judah waxeth, that is to say love, so much the more desireth Rachel bearing of children, that is to say, reason studieth after knowing.

The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 Henry Pepwell 1902

He sometimes uses the obsolete termination of verbs, as "waxeth,"

Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley Samuel Johnson 1746

He has, however, strongly warned many civilian employers and advised them to moderate certain tasks - a bow long bent at last waxeth weak.

Red Cross Report 2010

When he eateth of that meat, of words he waxeth fain:

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Quoth Khalifah the Fisherman, “Yesterday thou wast a fisherman, and to-day thou hast become an astrologer; but the more trades a man hath, the poorer he waxeth.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Theseus, well we know all the kindness thou hast conferred upon the land of Argos in her need, and ours shall be a gratitude that never waxeth old, for your generous treatment makes us debtors for a like return.

The Suppliants 2008

I seem to recall that in later English someone could say 'the moon waxeth full' to mean the actual full moon, not just a gibbous one.

Litha (June): the early English calendar Carla 2008

And thus, as the church waxeth rich, her doctrines have unhappily become dim and obscure, as a light is less seen if placed in a lamp of chased gold than beheld through a screen of glass.

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

Theseus, well we know all the kindness thou hast conferred upon the land of Argos in her need, and ours shall be a gratitude that never waxeth old, for your generous treatment makes us debtors for a like return.

The Suppliants 2008