Seeing these things, thou wast in utter per- plexity.3 And thou wast ignorant that it was a virgin that should bring forth ; but the angels' song of praise struck thee with astonishment, as well as the adoration of the Magi, and the ap- pearance of the star. Thou didst revert to thy state of [wilful] ignorance, because all the cir- cumstances seemed to thee trifling ; t for thou didst deem the swaddling-bands, the circumcision,