Shepherds and shepherdesses all leave the fields and hurry to Bethlehem.
The scene again changes to this town, where the shepherds and shepherdesses arrive and look for the place where the child lies.
SECOND SHEPHERD.
In this house with paint so gay
The holy child would never stay.
THIRD SHEPHERD.
Nor in this palace would he rest,
But rather in some humbler nest.
FIRST SHEPHERDESS, searching carefully.
There's a place in this rude rock;