She watched for a time when the king was not there, and then sent men to cut the tree down.

When the king came, and saw what had been done, he swooned away with sorrow, and fell to the ground.

His ministers sprinkled water on his face, and after a considerable time he revived.

He then built all round (the stump) with bricks, and poured a hundred pitchers of cows' milk on the roots; and as he lay with his four limbs spread out on the ground, he took this oath, "If the tree do not live, I will never rise from this." When he had uttered this oath, the tree immediately began to grow from the roots, and it has continued to grow till now, when it is nearly 100 cubits in height.
NOTES (1) Here is an instance of {.} used, as was pointed out in chap.

ix, note 3, for a former age; and not merely a former time.