Then furthermore aboute me my syght I reuolde,
Where I saw growyng a goodly laurell tre,
Enuerdurid with leuis[1635] contynually grene;
Aboue in the top a byrde of Araby,
Men call a phenix; her wynges bytwene
She bet vp a fyre with the sparkis full kene
With braunches and bowghis of the swete olyue, 670
Oliva speciosa in campis. Nota[1636] excellentiam virtutis in oliva.
Whos flagraunt flower was chefe preseruatyue
Ageynst all infeccyons with cancour[1637] enflamyd,