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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. vii. 18 Þei make swete cakis to þe qween of heuene & sacrifien to alien godis.

a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) 13 (MED) Flora, the noble myghty quene, The soyl hath clad in newe tendre grene.

c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame 1512 Proserpyne..quene ys of the derke pyne.

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 186 Thare saw I Nature and Venus, quene.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 164 Haill, princes Natur, haill, Venus, luvis quene.

1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Cij Poor Queene of loue, in thine own law forlorne.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles vii. 28 By Iuno (that is Queene of mariage). View more context for this quotation

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xxii, in Poems 10 Mooned Ashtaroth, Heav'ns Queen and Mother both.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 461 Her Country Gods, the Monsters of the Sky, Great Neptune, Pallas, and Love's Queen, defy.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 245 The Queen of Love..from her fragrant Breast the Zone unbrac'd.

1809 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1810) 13 328 O Venus, Queen of Drury Lane.

1818 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Venus 13 Diana, golden-shafted queen.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. ii. vi. 17 When the disguised Queen of Love appeared before Aeneas a preternatural perfume accompanied her presence and betrayed her quality.

1952 J. Kirkup & J. Shaw tr. P. Christian Hist. Pract. Magic I. iv. 272 The rustic festivities which celebrated in times gone by the goddess Ceres queen of the corn and Bacchus the god of wine, her husband.

1990 D. Stein Casting Circle iv. 79 Ancient queen of wisdom, Hecate, Hecate, Old one come to us.