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.