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Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood - Anglo-Saxon Poems by Anonymous
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after imprisonment without food consents to speak 21

IX. They proceed to Calvary, and Judas offers a prayer for
guidance 24

X. A smoke arises, Judas digs and finds three crosses. Test of
the true cross 27

XI. The fiend laments that he is overcome. Judas replies to him 30

XII. Helena announces the discovery to Constantine, who orders a
church to be built on the spot. Judas is baptized 32

XIII. Judas is ordained bishop of Jerusalem, and his name is
changed to Cyriacus. Helena longs to recover the nails.
Judas prays, digs, and finds them 35

XIV. The nails are made into a bit for Constantine's horse.
Helena admonishes all to obey Cyriacus and returns home 38

XV. The writer reflects on his work, records his name; and
refers to the future judgment 41


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JUDITH.

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Holofernes prepares a banquet 44
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