Glossa Ordinaria

A little bundle. The death of my beloved, which he underwent for my salvation, will abide always in my memory. Likewise he is compared to a little bundle of myrrh, since for our sake he endured the injuries of the cross. Myrrh is a tree of Arabia, of the height of five cubits, like the spike which they call acanthus, whose drop is green and bitter, whence myrrh received its name. Its drop flowing of its own accord is the more precious, that from a wound in the bark the cheaper; and it is healthful for the curing of infirmities: whence also he received myrrhed wine from the soldiers. My breasts. The breasts of chaste women are not broken; but those of harlots are wrinkled with loose skins. Whence Ezechiel: In Egypt thy breasts were broken.