5618. 'Take some of the much-sung-about produce of the land in your vessels' means the choicer things of the Church among the truths of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'the much-sung-about produce' as choice things, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church, dealt with above in 5577; and from the meaning of 'vessels' as the truths of faith, dealt with in 3068, 3079, 3316, 3318. The expression 'the much-sung-about' (decantatio) is used because in the original language it is derived from a word meaning 'singing' (cantatio), and therefore 'the much-sung-about produce of the land' means products that are highly commended and praised; and that is why choicer things are meant in the internal sense.