Chapter III: Part 3

[G] Other accounts ſay the Croſſes were found by Macarius, then Biſhop of Jeruſalem.

[H] The book of the office of Mithras or Mithra, the Sun, worſhipped by the Perſians.

[I] Heraclius, Emperor of the Eaſt, who from A.D. 622 to 627 fought Choſroes II., defeated him, and concluded peace.

[J] St. Equitius was a hermit, and looked after the welfare of other hermits and monks. He took a ſpecial intereſt in a convent of young virgins; died about A.D. 540.

[K] I quote from the tranſlation by Steven Withers, 1561.

[L] From this book I have taken the head and tail piece here given.—J. A.

[M] Arundel, No. 507, and Add. MSS. 6524.

[N] His life and labours may be read in Mr. Hottrop’s _Monuments Typographiques des Pays-bas_—.

[O] See _The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the 15th Century_, by W. M. Conway, and an article by him in the _Bibliographer_ of May, 1883, p. 32.

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_Adam ſends Seth to Paradiſe for ſome of the Oil of Mercy._]

_The Archangel Michael gives Seth three ſeeds of the Tree of Life._]

_Seth buries Adam and puts the three ſeeds of the Tree of Life under his tongue._]

_The three ſeeds ſpring up._]

_Moſes always has the three rods with him._]

_With them he makes water flow from the Rock._]

_An Angel tells Moſes how to ſweeten the bitter waters._]

_Moſes, by dipping the rods in the waters of Marah, ſweetens them._]

_Moſes plants the rods in the land of Moab._]

_An Angel appears to David and tells him to bring the rods to Jeruſalem._]

_The rods heal the ſick._]

_The rods heal a leper._]

_The rods turn three black men white._]

_David leaves the rods for the night._]

_In the morning he finds the rods have taken root and have become one tree._]

_David builds a wall round the miraculous tree._]

_David compoſes the Pſalms and praiſes God, under the ſhadow of the tree._]

Solomon orders the tree to be cut down and uſed in the Temple.]

_Artificers faſhion the tree._]

_The holy wood will fit nowhere._]

_St. Maximilla ſitting on the wood, her clothes catch alight._]

_St. Maximilla propheſies concerning the wood._]

_St. Maximilla ſcourged to death._]

_The wood uſed as a foot-bridge over a brook._]

_The Queen of Sheba prefers wading through the brook, to walking over the holy wood._]

_The Queen of Sheba tells Solomon of the holy nature of the wood._]

_The holy wood is taken up._]

_The holy wood is carried into the Temple._]

_Abias deſpoils the holy wood of its precious covering._]

_The Jews bury the holy wood._]

_Digging the Pool of Betheſda._]

_The ſick being healed at the Pool of Betheſda._]

_The High Prieſt told of the diſcovery of the holy wood._]

_The holy wood is made into the Croſs._]

_Chriſt bearing the Croſs._]

_The Crucifixion._]

_Diſciples adore the Croſs, the ſick are healed, and devils caſt out._]

_The Jews bury the Croſſes._]

_St. Helena comes to Jeruſalem._]

_St. Helena calls together the Chief Jews._]

_Judas is put into a dry well._]

_Judas is liberated from confinement._]

_Judas prays for Divine direction._]

_The Croſſes are diſcovered._]

_St. Helena views the Croſſes._]

_Trial of the true Croſs._]

_A dead maiden raiſed to life by being touched by the true Croſs._]

_St. Helena depoſits a portion of the Croſs in Jeruſalem._]

_St. Helena gives a portion of the Croſs to Conſtantine._]

_Conſtantine depoſits his portion of the Croſs in Byzantium._]

_Choſroes commands his people to adore him._]

_Meeting of Heraclius and Choſroes’ ſon._]

_Heraclius fights the ſon of Choſroes and kills him._]

_The Perſian army ſubmit to Heraclius._]

_Heraclius viſits Choſroes._]

_Heraclius kills Choſroes._]

_Heraclius crowns and baptizes the ſon of Choſroes._]

_Burial of Choſroes._]

_Heraclius takes poſſesſion of the relic of the Croſs._]

_Heraclius, attempting to enter Jeruſalem, is miraculouſly prevented, and is reproved by an angel._]

_Heraclius diveſts himſelf of ſtate._]

_Heraclius places the relic of the Croſs in its appointed place._]

_A portion of the Croſs is ſent to Rome, the veſſel bearing it meeting with a ſtorm._]

_The relic of the Croſs expoſed for adoration._]

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Transcriber's Notes:

Edits made:

Page ix, number added to sidenote (2 _Hadrian is said to_)

Page xxii, number added to sidenote (7 _Of old._)

Page xxxvii, anchor for sidenote [28] added to text (torne thys bane[28])

Page lii, anchor for sidenote [39] added to text. (had been peasyd[39])

Page lxxvii and following, the totals were removed until the final one. Each page ended with a total, such as:

Chalmarques "
-------
Carried forward 1,674,145

The following page began with something similar to:

Brought forward 1,674,145
Châlons 200

Page cii and following, the sidenotes listing the woodcut numbers were originally formed with the first sidenote of each page including the word _Woodcut_. As this sometimes landed in the middle of paragraphs and the notes were moved to the start of paragraphs, the form was changed to listing the word _Woodcut_ in the first sidenote of each paragraph instead of each page.

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