The Late-Comer
Joseph Bibas
Early 16th Century
He will surely come with songs of joy, carrying the child, in the full assembly. My friends, wait here for the bridegroom of blood.1
He should be coming down the road. Why is the child so late? You ladies, who are charged with swaddling the child, go forth and see—
Whether his kinswomen have lingered and are moving at a slow pace, or whether the…
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