dunoe / whyche wold have goon over for to have deſtroyed alle the contree / And whan conſtantyn had aſſembled his hooſt / He went and ſette them ageynſt that other partye / But as ſone as he began to paſſe the ryver / he was moche aferde / by cauſe he ſhold on the morne have batayle / and in the nyght as he ſlepte in his bedde / an aungel awoke hym / and ſhewed to hym the ſygne of the croſſe in heven / and ſayd to hym / Beholde on hye on heven/. Thanne ſawe he the croſſe made of ryght clere lyght / & was wryten there upon wyth lettres of golde / In this ſygne thou ſhalte over come the batayle/ Thenne was he alle comforted of thys vyſion / And on the morne / he put in his banere the Croſſe[15] / and made it to be borne tofore hym and his hooſt / And after ſmote in the hooſt of his enemyes / and ſlewe and chaced grete plente / After thys he dyd doo[16] calle the byſſhoppes of the ydolles / and demaunded them to what god the ſygne of the croſſe apperteyned. And whan they coude not anſwere / ſome criſten men that were there tolde to hym the myſterye of the croſſe / and enformed hym in the faythe of the trynyte / Thenne anone he bylevyd parfytly (in) god / and dyd do baptyſe hym / and after, it happed that conſtantyn his ſone remembred the vyctorye of his fader / Sente to helayn his modre for to fynde the holy croſſe / Thenne helayne wente in to Iheruſalem / and dyd doo aſſemble all the wyſe men of the contre / and whan they were aſſembled / they wold fayn knowe wherfore they were called / Thenne one Iudas ſayd to them / I wote[17] wel that ſhe wyl knowe of us where the croſſe of Iheſu criſte was leyed / but beware you al that none of you tell hyr / for I wote wel then ſhall our lawe be deſtroyed / For zacheus my olde[18] fader ſayde to ſymon my fader / And my fader ſayde to me at his dethe / be wel ware / that for no tormente that ye may ſuffre / telle not where the croſſe of Iheſu criſte was leyde / for after that hit ſhal be founden / the Iewes ſhal reygne no mour / But the criſten men that worſhypped the croſſe ſhal then reygne / And verayly this Iheſus was the ſone of god. Then demaunded I my fader / wherfore had they hanged hym on the croſſe ſythe it was knowen that he was the ſone of god / thenne he ſayd to me fayre ſone I never accorded thereto / But gayn ſaid it alwaye / But the Phariſees dyd it bycauſe he repreyvd theyr vyces / but he aroos on the thyrd day / and his dyſciples ſeeing / he aſcended in to heven / Thenne by cauſe that Stephen thy broder belevyd in him / the Iewes ſtoned hym to dethe. [Sidenote: 19 _Inform._] [Sidenote: 20 _Burn._]