a duȝti wife, þat hiȝt Eline,
was moder of king costantine,
ho fande hit, qua-sum wil wite hit now,
herkin and I sal tel hit ȝou.
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Als in stori. I. red and fande,
quen costantine was liuande
of rome þen was he emperour,
againe heþin folk stiþe in stoure;
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be-tid a tide þat heþin lede
come him batail for to bede;
sa mikil folk þai wiþ ham led
þat costantine was sare a-dred.
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þai come tille him þat ilk niȝt
atte þai sulde on þe morne fiȝt.
¶ A man þat selcouþ faire was graide [folio 89]
come to þe kinge and þus he saide:—
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"costantine loke vp and se
til heiuen-warde and conforte þe."
he lokid vp and in þat siȝt,
he sagh [þar] cristis crosse ful briȝt;
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a titel sagh he þar-on lye,
"here-in þou salle haue victorie."
þen did þe kinge make [of] a neyuen [read an euen.]
suche a cros as he sagh in heyuen [read heuen.] ;
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and vp in trauþ he ras stedefast
and braþeli on his faas he brast,
and did þat cros be-for him lede
and felled doun þat cursid lede;
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þai felle, þai fled þa wiþer-wine,
þe victorie has kinge costantine
þorou þe croice and cristis miȝt,
and þorou þaire stedfast trauþ in [d]riȝt.
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Þen sende þe king constantine
sandis til his moder eline
for to do seche, wiþ-outen hone,
þe cros þat criste on was done,
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