ABSTRACT
Pericles, Prince of Tyre cabin unto him, and with a milde voice saluted him, saying: God save you sir whosoever you be, and be of good comfort, for an innocent virgin, whose life has been distressed by shipwracke, and her chastitie by dishonestie, and yet hath both preserved, saluteth thee. Then began she to record in verses, and therewithall to sing so sweetly, that Apollonius, notwithstanding his great sorrow, wondred at her. And these were the verses which she soong so pleasantly unto the instrument!:
The Rose amongst the Thorns grows, and is not hurt thereby.
