Note 332 — Chapter IV
Reading edition
Pitrè, vol. i. p. 185. Translated by me thus, with an alteration in the last couplet:
When thou wert born, O beaming star! Three holy angels flew to earth; The three kings from the East afar Brought gold and jewels of great worth; Three eagles on wings light as air Bore the news East and West and North. O jewel fair, O jewel rare, So glad was heaven to greet thy birth.