Early English versions of the Gesta Romanorum / edited by Sidney J.H. Herrtage

Declaracio.

Frendes, this Emperour is Adam, the first [leaf 36] Fadir. ¶ The wyf, that was so faire, it is his soule. the ij. knyghtes that foughten̛, was god and the aungeƚƚ. The fightyng was, whan the aungeƚƚ wold̛ be like god̛, and aboue god̛; but god̛ had̛ the victorie. ¶ This sawe the quene, that is, the soule, and anon̛ she brente in the love of god̛; wherfore she was sike, in so mekeƚƚ that she shuld̛ dye. But the myghty knyght, that is, crist, is slayn̛, and witℏ his blood̛ we are an-oynted̛, and are made hole.