And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;
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AD 1000
But to Elisabeth alone she has recourse, as she waswont to do from their relationship, and other close bonds of union.
For the Prophet sees and hears more acutely than his mother, and salutes the chief of Prophets; but as he could not do this in words, he leaps in the womb, which was the greatest token of his joy. Who ever heard of leaping at a time previous to birth? Grace introduced things to which nature was a stranger. Shut up in the womb, the soldier acknowledged his Lord and King soon to be born, the womb's covering being no obstacle to the mystical sight.
This fruit alone then is blessed, because it is; produced without man, and without sin.
