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The Laurell,[°] meed of mightie Conquerours
And Poets sage, the firre that weepeth still,[°]
The Willow[°] worne of forlorne Paramours,
The Eugh[°] obedient to the benders will,
The Birch for shaftes, the Sallow for the mill,
The Mirrhe[°] sweete bleeding in the bitter wound,
The warlike Beech,[°] the Ash for nothing ill,[°]
The fruitfull Olive, and the Platane round,