And some of love, and some of chivalry;

But none fitter than this to apply.

Now listen a while and hearken the end.

"There grew an aged tree on the green,

A goodly Oak sometime had it been,

With arms full strong and largely display'd,

But of their leaves they were disarray'd:

The body big, and mightily pight,

Throughly rooted, and of wondrous height;

Whilome had been the king of the field,