A bundle of myrrh between my breasts
A bundle of myrrh — that is, of drop or droplet — is my brother to me. We read in Exodus of drop, onycha, cassia, galbanum compounded into incense by God’s command. But let us know that stacte is a precious ointment. She calls her brother a bundle of myrrh, because the whole Christ, the whole Word of God, is ointment and fragrance. He shall linger between my breasts: in the breast and in the ruling part of the heart let Christ’s meaning and memory rest.
Latin
Fasciculus stactes — id est guttae sive stillae — fratruelis meus mihi. Guttam, unguem, casiam, galbanum in Exodo legimus praecepto Dei in thymiama compositum. Stacten vero unguentum pretiosum esse noverimus. Fasciculum ergo stactes fratruelem suum dicit, quia totus Christus, totus Dei Sermo, unguentum est et fragrantia. Inter ubera mea commorabitur: in pectore et in principali cordis Christi sensus et memoria requiescat.