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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 16

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16. There they remained three days, being held

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in

great

honour

,

and

living

splendidly

.

Thereafter

,

being

supplied

by

them

with

provision

for

their

journey

,

they

went

away

and

came

to

another

city

,

in

which

,

because

it

was

very

populous

,

they

thought

of

passing

the

night

.

And

there

was

in

that

city

an

excellent

woman

:

and

once

,

when

she

had

gone

to

the

river

to

bathe

,

lo

,

accursed

Satan

,

in

the

form

of

a

serpent

,

had

leapt

upon

her

,

and

twisted

himself

round

her

belly

;

and

as

often

as

night

came

on

,

he

tyrannically

tormented

her

.

This

woman

,

seeing

the

mistress

the

Lady

Mary

,

and

the

child

,

the

Lord

Christ

,

in

her

bosom

,

was

struck

with

a

longing

for

Him

,

and

said

to

the

mistress

the

Lady

Mary

:

O

mistress

,

give

me

this

child

,

that

I

may

carry

him

,

and

kiss

him

.

She

therefore

gave

Him

to

the

woman

;

and

when

He

was

brought

to

her

,

Satan

let

her

go

,

and

fled

and

left

her

,

nor

did

the

woman

ever

see

him

after

that

day

.

Wherefore

all

who

were

present

praised

God

Most

High

,

and

that

woman

bestowed

on

them

liberal

gifts