1594. Carew, Tasso (1881), 53. She trimmes her selfe and golden hed Beflowres with Roses culd in Paradize.
1628. Hobbes, Thucyd. (1822), 99. Their bodies reddish livid and beflowers with little pimples.
1795. Wolcott (P. Pindar), Pindar., Wks. 1812, IV. 188. Damask well beflowerd with blue.