TO PROFESSOR FRANCIS A. MARCH
CORYPHÆUS OF OLD ENGLISH STUDIES IN AMERICA
WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST REGARD
[CONTENTS.]
[I.] Constantine sees the vision of the rood.
[II.] Constantine is victorious, the sign is explained, and he is baptized.
[III.] Helena sets out on her journey in search of the cross, and arrives at Jerusalem.
[IV.] Helena summons an assembly of the Jews learned in the law, and addresses them.
[V.] The Jews consult apart, and Judas states the object of the Empress.
[VI.] Judas gives the Jews the information derived from his father and grandfather.
[VII.] The Jews at first refuse to act, but finally deliver up Judas to the Empress.
[VIII.] Judas stubbornly denies all knowledge of the matter, but after imprisonment without food consents to speak.
[IX.] They proceed to Calvary, and Judas offers a prayer for guidance.
[X.] A smoke arises, Judas digs and finds three crosses. Test of the true cross.
[XI.] The fiend laments that he is overcome. Judas replies to him.
[XII.] Helena announces the discovery to Constantine, who orders a church to be built on the spot. Judas is baptized.
[XIII.] Judas is ordained bishop of Jerusalem, and his name is changed to Cyriacus. Helena longs to recover the nails. Judas prays, digs, and finds them.
[XIV.] The nails are made into a bit for Constantine's horse. Helena admonishes all to obey Cyriacus and returns home.
[XV.] The writer reflects on his work, records his name; and refers to the future judgment.