John Trapp on Matthew 21:19

Verse 19. He came to it and found nothing] He thought then to have found something: there was some kinde of ignorance, we see in Christ as man (but not that that was sinfull.) His soul desired the first ripe fruits; yea though they had not been ripeMi[illegible: 1 letter]. 7. 1. and ready; hard hunger would have made them sweet and savoury, as the shepherds bread, and onions were to Hunniades, when he was put to flight by the Turkes: So well can hunger season Turk Hist. fol 310. homely cates, saith the Historian. Or this promising figtree our Saviour might say, as Alciat of the Cypresse. Pulchra coma est, pulchro dig[illegible: 1 letter]stae que ordine frondes,Emblem. Sed fructus nullos haec coma pulchra gerit.