6 The sailing pine; the cedar proud and tall;
sailing > (Figuratively; also because pine was used to make masts for sailing-ships)
7 The vine-prop elm; the poplar never dry;
never dry > (Because the poplar grows beside water)
8 The builder oak, sole king of forests all; 9 The aspen good for staves; the cypress funeral;
funeral > funereal (because of its association with death and grief)
101.9
The Laurell, meed of mightie Conquerours
2 And Poets sage, the Firre that weepeth still,
The Willow worne of forlorne Paramours,
4 The Eugh obedient to the benders will,
The Birch for shaftes, the Sallow for the mill,
6 The Mirrhe +sweete+ bleeding in the bitter wound,
The warlike Beech, the Ash for nothing ill,
8 The fruitfull Oliue, and the Platane round,
The caruer Holme, the Maple +seeldom+ inward sound.
6 sweete > sweet, 1609 9 seeldom > sildom 1609 passim
1 The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors