The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville
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cross. And that is clept Golgotha.
And men go up to that Golgotha by degrees; and in the place of that mortise was Adam's head found after Noah's flood, in token that the sins of Adam should be bought in that same place. And upon that rock made Abraham sacrifice to our Lord. And there is an altar; and before that altar lie Godefray de Bouillon and Baldwin, and other Christian kings of Jerusalem. And there, nigh where our Lord was crucified, is this written in Greek: [Greek text which cannot be reproduced] that is to say, in Latin, - DEUS REX NOSTER ANTE SECULA OPERATUS EST SALUTEM, IN MEDIO TERRAE; that is to say, - THIS GOD OUR KING, BEFORE THE WORLDS, HATH WROUGHT HEALTH IN MIDST OF THE EARTH. And also on that rock, where the cross was set, is written within the rock these words: [Greek text which cannot be reproduced] that is to say, in Latin, - |
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