18 What its various sensations
and faculties, were;
19 The faculty of speaking, anger,
desire;
20 And lastly the manner of its
composition and dissolution; and
other things, which the
understanding of no creature
had ever reached.
21 Then that philosopher arose,
and worshipped the Lord Jesus,
and said, O Lord Jesus, from
henceforth I will be thy disciple
and servant.
22 While they were discoursing
on these and such like things,
the Lady St. Mary came in, having
been three days walking about
with Joseph, seeking for him.
23 And when she saw him sitting
among the doctors, and in his turn
proposing questions to them, and
giving answers, she said to him,
My son, why hast thou done thus
by us? Behold I and thy father
have been at much pains in
seeking thee.
24 He replied, Why did ye seek
me? Did ye not know that I ought
to be employed in my father's
house?
25 But they understood not the
words which he said to them.
26 Then the doctors asked Mary,
Whether this were her son? And
when she said, He was, they said,
O happy Mary, who hast borne
such a son.
27 Then he returned with them
to Nazareth, and obeyed them in
all things.