The three passages quoted below illustrate, respectively, the ordeal by hot water, by cold water, and by fire. The first (a) is a story told by the Frankish historian Gregory of Tours [see p. 46]. The second (b) is an explanation of the cold water ordeal written by Hincmar, an archbishop of Rheims in the ninth century. The third (c) is an account, by Raymond of Agiles, of how Peter Bartholomew was put to the test by the ordeal of fire. This incident occurred at Antioch during the first crusade. Peter Bartholomew had just discovered a lance which he claimed was the one thrust into the side of Christ at the crucifixion and, some of the crusaders being skeptical as to the genuineness of the relic, the discoverer was submitted to the ordeal by fire to test the matter. Sources--(a) Gregorius Episcopus Turonensis, _Libri Miraculorum_ [Gregory of Tours, "Books of Miracles"], Chap. 80. Text in _Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores Merovingicarum_, Vol. I., p. 542. Translated by Arthur C. Howland in _Univ. of Pa. Translations and Reprints_, Vol. IV., No. 4, pp. 10-11. (b) Hincmari Archiepiscopi Rhemensis, _De divortio Lotharii regis et Tetbergae reginae_ [Hincmar, Archbishop of Rheims, "The Divorce of King Lothair and Queen Teutberga"], Chap. 6. Text in Migne, _Patroligiae Cursus Completus_, Second Series, Vol. CXXV., cols. 668-669. Translated by Arthur C. Howland, _ibid_. (c) Raimundus de Agiles, _Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Jerusalem_ [Raimond of Agiles, "History of the Franks who captured Jerusalem"], Chap. 18. Text in Migne, _Patrologiae Cursus Completus_, Second Series, Vol. CLV., cols. 619-621. [Sidenote: A challenge to the ordeal by hot water] [Sidenote: Preparations for the ordeal] [Sidenote: Result of the ordeal]