<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div xml:lang="lat" type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0238.stoa008.perseus-lat2"><div type="textpart" n="23" subtype="poem"><l n="91">tum patrios cantare modos praecepta recusat</l><l n="92">organaque in ramis salicis suspendit amarae.</l></div><div type="textpart" n="24" subtype="poem"><head>Domus Ezechiae Regis</head><l n="93">Hic bonus Ezechias meruit ter quinque per annos</l><l n="94">praescriptum proferre diem legemque obeundi</l><pb n="p.358"/><l n="95">tendere, quod gradibus quos vespera texerat umbra </l><l n="96">lumine perfusis docuit sol versus in ortum.</l></div><div type="textpart" n="25" subtype="poem"><head>Mariae Angelus Gabriel mittitur</head><l n="97">Adventante Deo descendit nuntius alto</l><l n="98">Gabriel Patris ex solio sedemque repente</l><l n="99">intrat virgineam. <q>Sanctus te Spiritus,</q> inquit, </l><l n="100"><q>inplebit, Maria, Christum paries, sacra virgo.</q></l></div><div type="textpart" n="26" subtype="poem"><head>Civitas Bethlem</head><l n="101">Sancta Bethlem caput est orbis quae protulit Iesum,</l><l n="102">orbis principium, caput ipsum principiorum.</l><l n="103">urbs hominem Christum genuit, qui Christus agebat</l><l n="104">ante Deus quam sol fieret, quam lucifer esset.</l></div><div type="textpart" n="27" subtype="poem"><head>Magorum munera</head><l n="105">Hic pretiosa Magi sub virginis ubere Christo </l><l n="106">dona ferunt puero myrrhaeque et turis et auri.</l><l n="107">miratur genetrix tot casti ventris honores,</l><l n="108">seque Deum genuisse hominem, Regem quoque summum.</l></div><div type="textpart" n="28" subtype="poem"><head>Ab Angelis pastores admoniti</head><l n="109">Pervigiles pastorum oculos vis luminis inplet</l><l n="110">angelici natum celebrans de virgine Christum. </l><pb n="p.360"/><l n="111">inveniunt tectum pannis; praesepe iacenti</l><l n="112">cuna erat; exultant alacres et numen adorant.</l></div><div type="textpart" n="29" subtype="poem"><head>Occiduntur infantes in Bethlem</head><l n="113">Inpius innumeris infantum caedibus hostis</l><l n="114">perfurit Herodes, dum Christum quaerit in illis,</l><l n="115">fumant lacteolo parvorum sanguine cunae </l><l n="116">vulneribusque madent calidis pia pectora matrum.</l></div><div type="textpart" n="30" subtype="poem"><head>Baptizatur Christus</head><l n="117">Perfundit fluvio pastus Baptista locustis</l><l n="118">silvarumque favis et amictus veste cameli;</l><l n="119">tinxerat et Christum, sed Spiritus aethere missus</l><l n="120">testatur tinctum qui tinctis crimina donet. </l></div></div></body></text></TEI>