For þat treo· was for-oldet· and heo heolden vr lord luþer also;
Ȝit hem þhouȝte· þat treo to feir· þat he weore þer-on i-do:
Line 184
ÞAt Crois seþþe· aftur vr lordes deþ· depe vndur þe eorþe heo hit caste,
Þer as heo him to deþe dude· and burieden hit swiþe faste;
And þe twey Croyses eke þer-bi· þat þe þeoues hengen on þer:
Þer heo lyȝen· er heo weore weoren i-founde·, mo þen two hundred ȝer,
Line 188
¶ Forte þat Tytes· and Vaspaȝian· wiþ al heore folk come,
And al þe Gywes hedden distruyed· and heore pouwer by-nome·,
And al þat lond was i-brouht· in-to þe Emperours hond of Rome,
And mid his Men i-fuld· and bi-set· to nyme þer-of Goome:
Line 192
¶ Ac seþþe þer com an Emperour·, þat hihte Adrian,
Swiþe heþene· and swiþe luþer·, and werrede vche cris|tene man;
He wuste wher þe Rode lay· þat God was onne i-do
And cristene men þe stude honoureden· whon heo mihten come þer-to,
Line 196
He lette a temple of Maumetes· in þulke stude arere,
Þat me mihte not fynde· to loute to· bote Maumetes þere;
Whon Cristene Men· mihten þider stele·, heo durste nout for doute, [folio 29b:1]
An eke a-ȝeyn herte hit was· to eny Maumete· a loute,
Line 200
So þat heo bi-leueden þulke stude·, and also for fere
Þat wiþ-Inne a fewe ȝer þer-after· no cristene mon com þere,
So þat þulke stude was· for let mony a day,
Þat no cristene mon ne Painym· nuste where þe Rode lay:
Line 204
