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And whilst the crosses were still standing, the disciples came to them and prayed, and many were healed of their infirmities, and many devils were cast out.37 This so angered the Jews that they took the crosses down, and buried them,38 and there they remained until their invention by St. Helena, A.D. 326. On her arrival at Jerusalem,39 she convened a meeting of the principal Jews, and they denied all knowledge of it, but, on threat of being burnt, they said that one of their number, named Judas, knew where the crosses were buried.40 Judas, however, refused to tell, and, to compel him to impart his knowledge, St. Helena had him lowered into a dry well, “and there tormented hym by hongre and evyl reste.”41 Seven days of this treatment made him submissive, and at the end of that time he capitulated. He was then drawn up,42 and prayed to God to direct him to the right spot.43 His prayer was heard, and after some digging, the crosses were discovered.44

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