PREFACE vii

INTRODUCTION ix

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ELENE.

I. Constantine sees the vision of the rood 1

II. Constantine is victorious, the sign is explained, and he is
baptized 4

III. Helena sets out on her journey in search of the cross, and
arrives at Jerusalem 7

IV. Helena summons an assembly of the Jews learned in the law,
and addresses them 10

V. The Jews consult apart, and Judas states the object of the
Empress 13

VI. Judas gives the Jews the information derived from his
father and grandfather 16

VII. The Jews at first refuse to act, but finally deliver up
Judas to the Empress 19

VIII. Judas stubbornly denies all knowledge of the matter, but