(The three crosses are applied, and when the third touches the body it is restored to life.)
Helena.
O wonderful!
(Helena takes the true cross in her arms.)
Constantine kneels and worships it.
O cross of Christ, how great thy power!
In this place I thee adore;
May my soul be saved by thee!
Helena.
The cross hath brought to us God’s grace,
The cross doth every sin efface.
Here’s the proof....
Thus, therefore, the Genevese believed in the miracles worked by the wood of the cross. How, after such manifest proof, should not the world see that Geneva was free from heresy?[314]
The procession and the princess resumed their march. They stopped before the hôtel-de-ville, and there the syndics made Beatrice a present from the city, which she received pleasantly according to the lesson the duke had given her. However, she could hold up no longer: exhausted with fatigue, she begged to be conducted to her lodging. They proceeded accordingly towards the Dominican convent, where apartments had been prepared for the duke and duchess. This monastery, situated without the city, on the banks of the Rhone, was one of the most corrupt but also one of the richest in the diocese. Here they arrived at last, Charles as delighted as Beatrice was wearied. ‘The flies are caught by the honey,’ said the duke; ‘yet a few more fêtes, and these proud Genevans will become our slaves.’