Mother and maiden
Was never none but she;
Well might such a lady
God's Mother be.
English, Fifteenth Century.



PART TWO

CHAPTER IV


THE VISITATION I

And Mary arose in those days, and went into
the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;
and entered into the house of Zacharias, and
saluted Elizabeth.

S. Luke I. 39, 40.

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord God, to us thy servants, that
we may evermore enjoy health of mind and body, and by the
glorious intercession of blessed Mary, ever a virgin, be
delivered from present sorrows and enjoy everlasting
gladness. Through.

ROMAN.