with him to carry the things that were necessary, for his journey. And because, on account of the number of rich men who had come thither for the same purpose, there was no room for poor people in the inn, they laid him in a manger, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, " The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib." And Habakkuk1 says, " You are known between two animals." Therefore, now as the legitimate line of kings had ceased, as has already been said, there came, according to the prophecy of Daniel, the expectation of all nations, Jesus Christ our Lord, of the race of kings and priests, taking flesh upon him out of bis great mercy. It is not clear what passage in Habakkuk our author refers to here.