They (Joseph and Nicodemus) answered (the Blessed Virgin) and said: "We sorrow and mourn with all our hearts for all that is done to him, and fain would we have helped him, but we could not overcome wickedness with right, nevertheless this little service shall we do to our Lord." Then rose they up and made them ready to take him down.
St. Bonaventura: The Privity of the Passion.
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