“There were from Nazareth to the mountain where Zacharias had his house, according to the most certain opinion, 32 and a half leagues, which the Virgin walked diligently (these are effects of the spirit), not on foot, as some want, but it seems to Lira and the Cartusian that she was seated in a small female donkey; which, says a modern scholar, that St. Joseph had for the ministries of his office and in which he carried what was necessary for bodily needs. He walked on foot, guiding her along such a long and rough road; this is how Fr. Nadal in his Visitation, in the letter B22.” 

“Había desde Nazareth a la montaña donde tenía su casa Zacarías, siguiendo la opinión más cierta, 32 leguas y media, las cuales anduvo la Virgen diligentemente (que estos son efectos del espíritu), no a pie, como quieren algunos, antes a Lira y al Cartusiano les parece que sentada en una jumentilla; la cual, dice un docto moderno, que tenía San Josef para los ministerios de su oficio y en que llevaba lo forzoso a la nececidad corporal. El caminaba a pie, guiándola por tan largo y áspero camino; así lo estampó el P. Nadal en su Visitación, en la letra B22”.