Its leaves were fair, and its fruit much, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in its boughs, and all flesh was fed from it.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Let it, the tree, representing the king who was confined when he began to show signs of madness: but he broke loose, and fled away. (Calmet)