1956. Compare Amis and Amiloun, ed. Weber, ii, 391:—
'She herd the foules grete and smale,
The swete note of the nightingale,
Ful mirily sing on tre.'
See also Romaunt of the Rose, ll. 613-728. But Chaucer's burlesque is far surpassed by a curious passage in the singular poem of The Land of Cockaygne (MS. Harl. 913), ll. 71-100:—
'In þe praer [meadow] is a tre
Swiþe likful for to se.
Þe rote is gingeuir and galingale,
Þe siouns beþ al sed[e]wale;
Trie maces beþ þe flure;