which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Which is þe leeste of alle seedis, but whanne it hath woxen, it is þe moste of alle wortis, and is maad a tre; so þat briddis of þe eir comen, and dwellen in þe bowis þerof.