He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.
He kittide doun cedris, he took an hawthorn, and an ook, þat stood among þe trees of þe forest; he plauntide a pyne apple tre, which he nurschide with reyn,