John Trapp on Luke 2:16

Verse 16. Found Mary and Joseph, &c.] They, though of the bloud royall, yet lay obscured, not thrusting themselves into observation, but well content with a low condition. Beata Virgo in vili stabulo sedet, & jacet; sed quod homines negligunt, [illegible: 1 word]. coelestes cives honorant & inquirunt, saith Stella. The humble person is like the violet, which growes low, hangs the head downwards,Bernard. and hides it selfe with its own leaves. And were it not that the fragrant smell of his many vertues betrayes him to the world, he would chuse to live and dye in his self-contenting [illegible: 1 word].