I wyll that my son manhede take For reson wyll that there be threö A man, a madyn, and a tre. Man for man, tre for tre, Madyn for madyn; thus shall it be.

-Anonymous
?c.1450  God the Father explains how Christ will atone for Adam's sin. Towneley  Annunciation Play, l.30^5.

Dear Sir, your astonishment's odd: I am always about in the Quad. And that's why the tree Will continue to be Since observed by Yours faithfully,God. See Knox 476:22.

-Anonymous
c.1924  Reply to Ronald Knox's limerick. The limericks summarize Bishop George Berkeley's philosophy that everything is dependent at all times on the will of God.

There were three ravens sat on a tree, They were as black as they might be. The one of them said to his make, 'Where shall we our breakfast take?'

-Ballads
'The Three Ravens'.

O waly, waly up the bank, And waly, waly doun the brae, And waly, waly yon burn-side Where I and my love wont to gae. I lean'd my back unto an aik, I thocht it was a trustie tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brakeö Sae my true love did lichtlie me. O waly, waly, gin love be bonnie A little time while it is new; But when 'tis auld it waxeth cauld And fades awa' like morning dew. O wherefore should I busk my heid, O wherefore should I kame my hair? For my true love has me forsook, And says he'll never lo'e me mair.

-Ballads
pre-1566  'Waly, Waly', opening stanzas.

And the L God planted a garden eastwards in Eden; and there he put the manwhom he had formed. And out of the ground made the L God to grow every tree that is pleasant for the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORDGenesis 2:8^9.

And the L God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LGod commanded the man, saying,Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thoushalt noteat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORD Genesis 2:15^17.

And when the woman saw that the tree wasgood for food, and that it waspleasanttothe eyes,and atreetobe desired to make one wise she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also to her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them bothwere opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the L God walking inthegarden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the L God amongst the trees of the garden.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORDGenesis 3:6^8. In the GenevaBible of1560, the word'aprons'was rendered'breeches', and the versionwas therefore known as the Breeches Bible.

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said,Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat? 86

-Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis 3:10^11.

And the man said,The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the L God said unto the woman,What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said,The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDGenesis 3:12^13.

And the L God said,Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:Therefore the L God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the tree of life.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORDGenesis 3:21^4.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough, now,O L, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORD1 Kings19:4.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.But his delight is in the law of the L; and in his law doth he meditate dayand night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in hisseason; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodlyare not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDPsalms1:1^4.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that gettethunderstanding.For themerchandise of it isbetter than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the thingsthoucanst desirearenottobe compared untoher. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Proverbs 3:13^18.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Proverbs13:12.

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.In themidst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Revelation 22:1^2.

Appropriating the fruits of Christian civilisation, but rejecting the tree from which they spring.

-Bird, Isabella married name Isabella Bishop
  Unbeaten Tracks in Japan:  An  Account of  Travels on Horseback in the Interior1880 (published1885).

His love was passion's essence:öas a tree On fire by lightning, with ethereal flame Kindled he was, and blasted.

-Rochdale
^18  Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, canto 3, stanza 78.

Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth, The tree of knowledge is not that of Life.

-Rochdale
  Manfred, act1, sc.1.

But sweeter still than this, than these, than all, Is first and passionate loveöit stands alone, Like Adam's recollection of his fall; The tree of knowledge hath been pluck'döall's known And life yields nothing further to recall Worthy of this ambrosial sin, so shown, No doubt in fable, as the unforgiven Fire which Prometheus filch'd for us from heaven.

-Rochdale
^24  Don Juan, canto1, stanza127.

Ye fields of Cambridge, our dear Cambridge, say, Have ye not seen us walking every day? Was there a tree about which did not know The love betwixt us two?

-Cowley, Abraham
  'On the Death of Mr William Harvey'.