1590 C. Marlowe sig. G3 The dainties of the world, Lachrima Christi and Calabrian wines Shall common Souldiers drink in quaffing boules.
1593 J. Eliot 39/2 I dranke of most excellent wines in the Cardinall Cafaffaes Celler. I dranke Romanesco, Greco, lachryma Christi.
1661 T. Blount (ed. 2) Lachrymae Christi, a kind of Wine so called, made at or near the Visuvian Mountain.
1662 B. Gerbier 10 When they tasted that [wine] called Lagrima-Christi, they moaned and askt why he did not weep in their Countrey.
1694 W. Pope tr. M. de Cervantes Salamanca Doctor in vi. 293 There they experienc'd the delightfulness of the Trobiano,..the strength of Castiglione or Lagryme Christi, the goodness of the Wine of Orvietto.
1729 T. Salmon X. xvii. 70 They have greater Variety of Wines here [sc. in Rome] than in any Town in Italy, as the Greco, Lacryma Christi, [etc.].
1770 tr. M.-A. du Bocage II. xxix. 93 Asses carried us an ascent of two leagues, across fertile vineyards, which produce the Lacryma Christi.
1820 8 44 The Parsons should grow misty On good Lac Virginis, or Lachryma Christi.
1862 26 July 477/2 Noteworthy are..the two sorts of lagrime cristi and other wines resembling them, from Naples.
1868 Dec. 146 Is it any pleasure to drink Lagrima Christi out of old Murano glass with a man who talks bad grammar?
1873 July 60/1 After morning ablution and déjeuner, washed down with a draught of Lagrima Cristi.
1959 W. James 107 Lacryma Cristi..is grown in the Naples area.
1975 P. V. Price v. 68/2 The Greco grape that makes white Lacrima Christi is capable of producing wines of good acidity and more bouquet than might be expected so far south.
2011 G. Darley vi. 162 Countless visitors had set out on foot to scale the mountain, well fortified with Lachryma Christi.