xuiii. kl̅. octobris. exaltatio sce̅ crucis.
We wurðiað mid lof-sangum for ures geleafan trymminge001
twegen dagas on geare drihtne to wurðmynte
for þære halgan rode siððan heo afunden wæs .
Þa iudeiscan hi behyddon mid hetelicum geðance .004
noldon þæt se maðm wurde mannum to frofre .
ac seo eadige helena . hi eft þær afunde
þurh cristes onwrigennesse swa swa he mid wundrum geswutelode .
and to-dælde þa rode swa swa drihten hire gewissode .
and forlet þa ænne dæl on þære ylcan byrig .
þe crist on þrowode . swa swa us cyþað gewritu .
mid seolfre bewunden . and wende ham siððan
mid þam oþrum dæle þæs deorwurþan treowes .
to hire leofan sunu his geleafan to getrymmenne .
Nu freolsige we þone dæg þe heo on afunden wæs .014
þam hælende to wurðmynte þe wolde on hire þrowian .
se bið ofer eastrum . on ymbryne þæs geares .
and we healdað on hærfest mid halgum þenungum
oþerne freols-dæg on þam þe heo geferod wæs
eft to hierusalem swa swa we her æfter secgað .
Hit gewearð for yfelnysse swa swa for oft git bið .020
þæt þa hæðenan leoda þæt land gehergoden .
and sum arleas cynincg cosdrue gehaten
com mid micclum here to þære halgan rode .
þær helena hi gesette on þære foresædan hierusalem .
gehergode þa þæt land . and þa halgan rode genam
ham to his earde . arleaslice dyrstig .
He wæs swa up-ahafen . and swa arleas brega .027
þæt he wolde beon god . and worhte þa of seolfre
ænne heahne stypel . on stanweorces gelicnysse .
and mid | scinendum gymmum besette eall þæt hus .
and on þære upflora eall mid readum golde
his cyne-stol geworhte . and wundorlice mid þeotum
wæter ut-ateah wolde renas wyrcan .
swylce he sylf god wære . ac he wæs ful dysig
forþan þe se rén ne mihte manegum fremian .
He swanc þa git swiðor wolde geswutelian his mihte .036
and het delfan þa eorðan digellice mid cræfte .
swa þæt hors urnon embe þæt hus gelome
þurh þa digelan dica dynigende mid fotum
wolde þunor wyrcan gewit-leas swa-ðeah .
He sæt þa on þam huse swa swa healic god .041
and gesette þa halgan rode to his heah-setle up
swilce him to geferan on his fracodnysse .
He sæt ða þær swa forð . and his suna be-tæhte044
ealne his cynedom . ac crist hine fordyde .
Sum casere wæs on þam dagum cristen . and gelyfed .046
eraclius gehaten . unearh on gefeohtum .
and he his geleafan geglengde mid godum weorcum .
and godes þeowas wurþode mid wel-willendum mode .
Ða com þæs cosdruan sunu togeanes ðam casere .050
wolde mid gefeohte gewinnan his rice .
Ða gewearð him bam . þæt hi bealdlice twegen052
to anwige eodon on þære éá brycge .
and se ðe sige gewunne weolde þæs rices
butan þæra manna lyre þe him mid comon .
Hi þa ealle gecwædon þæt gif ænig man wolde056
heora oðrum fylstan . þæt man hine sona gefenge .
and foredum sceancum into þære éá wurpe .
Hi eodon þa begen on þære bricge togædere .059
and se geleaffulla casere alede þone godes feond
cosdrues sunu . and he siððan ge-weold
ealles his rices . and rád hī | to cosdrue .
þa beah eall se here bliðelice to eraclio .
and he hi under-feng . and to fulluhte gebigde .
and nan man nolde cyþan cosdrue þæt gewinn .
forðan þe he wæs andsæte eallum his leodum .
Eraclius þa astah to þære sticolan upflora .067
and cw̅ to þam arleasan ardlice þas word .
Lifes ic þe geann . gif þu anrædlice gelyfst069
nu on hælend crist . and cwyðst þæt þu wille
to fulluhte gebugan . and ic þin freond beo .
and ic þæ (sic) læte habban þis land to gewealde .
gif þu þonne elles dest . þu scealt deaþe sweltan .
Þa nolde se cosdrue on crist gelyfan .074
and eraclyus sona his swurd ateah .
and hine beheafdode . and het bebyrigan .
and nam his gingran sunu siððan to fulluhte
tyn wintra cnapa . and him cyne-dom for-geaf .
betæhte ða his here þone heagan stypel .
mid eallum þam seolfre . and he sylf genam
þæt gold . and þa gymmas . into godes cyrcan .
Ferode ða þa rode mid þæs folces meniu082
ongean to hierusalem georne mid blisse .
Hi comon þa æt nextan caflice ridende084
to þære foresædan byrig . and sæt se casere
on kynelicum horse swa him gecwemast wæs .
ac þa þa he inn wolde . þa wearþ þæt geat belocen .
swa þæt þa stanas feollon færlice togædere .
and wearþ geworht to anum wealle swa .
Hi wurdon þa afyrhte . for þam færlican tacne .090
and beheoldon sarige sona to heofonum .
and gesawon drihtnes rode deorwurð-lice þær scinan .
and godes engel hi bær bufan þam geate and cw̅ .
Þa þa se heofonlica cyning crist sylf inferde094
þurh þis ylce get to his agenre þrowunge .
næs he mid purpuran ge-scryd . ne mid cynehelme geglenged .
| ne he on steda ne rád . þurh þis stænene geat .
ac on assan hricge he rád eadmodlice
mannum to bysne . þæt hi modignysse onscunion .
and æfter ðysum wordum gewende se engel up .
Hwæt ða se casere caflice lihte101
þancigende gode þære wissunge .
and dyde of his purpuran . and his pellenan gyrlan .
eode þa mid nacodum fotum . and genam þa rode
mid agotenum tearum god wurþigende .
Wearð þa godes wundor on þam weorc-stanum106
þa ða se casere com mid eadmodnysse to .
þa to-eodon ða stanas . and geopenode þæt get .
Wæs eac oþer wundor swa þæt wynsum bræð .109
stemde [of] þære halgan rode þa þa heo hamwerd wæs .
geond þæt land . and þa lyfte afylde .
and þæt folc þæs fægnode . afylde mid þam bræðe .
Ne mihte nan wyrt-bræð swa wynsumlice steman .113
and se casere þa clypode mid blysse .
Eala þu wundorlice ród . on þære ðe crist wolde þrowian .115
and ure wita adwescan mid his deorwurþan blode .
Eala þu scinende ród swiþor þonne tungla117
mære on middan-earde micclum to lufigenne .
halig treow . and wynsum . þe wurþe wære to berenne
ealles middan-eardes wurþ . gemunde þisne heap .
þe her gegaderod is gode to wurðmynte .
Þa ahof se casere þa halgan rode up122
on þære ylcan stowe . þe heo on stod æt fruman .
ærþan þe se arleasa cynincg cosdrue hi gename .
On ðam dæge geswutelode se soðfæsta hælend125
wundorlice mihte . þurh his þa mæran rode .
swa þæt an dead man aras on þam dæge sona .
and feower bedrydan þær wurdon wundorlice gehælede .
and tyn lic-þroweras . fram heora langsumum broce .
and fela | wode menn heora gewit under-fengon .
and manega untrume fram myslicum coþum
þær wurdon gehælede . æt þære halgan rode .
criste to wurðmynte . and se casere siððan
fela goda gedyda þær . and godes cyrcan ge-godode .
mid landum . and bigleofum . and godes lof ge-edniwode .
Ferde ða to his cyne-stole to constantinopolim136
mid micclum geleafan godes mærða smeagende .
Nu is se dæg gecwæden on cristenum bocum .138
Exaltatio sce̅ crucis . þæt is on engliscre spræce
upahefednyss þære halgan rode .
forþan þe heo wæs ahafen mid healicum wurðmynte
on þam fore-sædan dæge . drihtne to lofe .
Is swa-þeah to witenne þæt heo is wide todæled .143
mid gelomlicum ofcyrfum to lande gehwilcum .
ac seo gastlice getacnung is mid gode æfre
á unbrosnigendlic . þeah þe se beam beo to-coruen .
þæt heofonlice tacn þære halgan rode
is ure gúðfana wiþ þone gram-lican deofol .
þonne we us bletsiað gebylde þurh god
mid þære rode tacne . and mid rihtum geleafan .
Þeah þe man wafige wundorlice mid handa151
ne bið hit þeah bletsung buta he wyrce tacn
þære halgan rode . and se reða feond
biþ sona afyrht for ðam sige-fæstan tacne .
Mid þrym fingrum man sceall senian . and bletsian .155
for þære halgan þrynnysse . þe is þrim-wealdend god .
Hwilon cweþað preostas . þæt cristes læwa157
iudas se arleasa eft ne wurðe fordemed
on þam micclan dæge . to þam (sic) deopan helle .
and cweþað þæt he mage wið crist hine betellan .
swilce he neadunge gefremode þæt facn wið hine .
Ac we cweðað þær-to-geanes . þæt cristes word ne bið leas .162
he cwæð be þan iudan . þæt him wære betere
þæt | he ge-boren nære þonne he his læwe wære .
Næron þa iudeiscan ne se dyrna læwe165
þurh god geneadode . to ðam gramlican geþeahte .
ac þa þa crist geseah . se þe ge-sihð ealle þing
heora yfelan willan . þa awende þe hit to gode .
swa þæt heora yfelnyss us becom to hæle .
Ælc man þe yfel deþ mid yfelum willan .170
is scyldig wið god . þeah þe hit sumum fremige .
and ælc man þe god deð mid godum willan
hæfð his mede æt gode . þeah þe hit hearmige sumum .
forþan þe se rihtwisa dema deð ælcum þa mede .
be þam þe he sylf wolde . and his willa him dihte .
Nu synd þa iudeiscan . and se sceamlease læwa176
cristes deaðes scyldige . þe syrwdon be him .
þeah þe hit us become to ecere alysednysse .
and heora nan ne becymð to cristes rice næfre .
butan þam þe hit gebettan . and ge-bugan to criste .
Swa milde is se hælend þæt he miltsian wolde181
his agenum slagum gif hi gecyrran woldon .
and biddan his miltsunge . swa swa heora mænig dyde .
swa swa se hundredes ealdor . þe hine hetelice stang
on his halgan sidan . and siððan him beah to .
se hundredes ealdor hatte longinus .
He geseah ða sona hu seo sunne aþystrode .187
fram mid-dæge oð non . and eall middan-eard bifode .
and stanas toburston . þa beah he to criste
sleande his breost . and secgende hlude .
Uere . filius dei est hic .191
Soþlice þæs is godes sunu .191
He forlet ða his folgoð . and ferde to þam apostolum .192
and wearð gelæred to geleafan þurh hi .
and mid fulluhte aþwagen fram his fyrlenum dædum .
He dælde þa his eahta ealle on ælmyssan .195
and on clænnysse leofode . swa swa cristes | ðegen .
on mycelre forhæfednysse . and þam hæþenum bodade
þone soþan geleafan . and synne forgifennysse .
and to-wearp deofolgild . and wundra gefremode
on godes naman . oð þæt sum gramlic dema
hine ge-martyrode mid micclum witum .
Ac he worhte fela wundra ætforan þam deman .202
betwux þam tintregum . and ablende þone deman
þurh godes mihte . þæt menn mihton tocnawon (sic)
hu mildheort se hælend is . þe hine mersode swa .
He wearð þa beheafdod for ðæs hælendes naman .206
þone þe he ær gewundode wælhreowlice on rode .
and wunað on ecnysse on wuldre mid hī .
Octauius hatte se hæþena dema209
þe hine acwealde . ac he com siððan
þær he ofslagen wæs . and gesohte his lic
biddende forgifennysse mid wope and heofunge.
Þa geseah he sona gesundfullum eagum .213
þurh þone ylcan onliht þe hine ǽr ablende .
and se dema þa deorwurðlice bebyrigde
longines lichaman . and gelyfde on crist
æfre wuldrigende god . oð þæt he gewát of life .
Sy wuldor and lof þam wel-willendan gode .218
se ðe æfre rixað on ecnysse . AMEN.