And on
that rock dropped the wounds of our Lord when he was pined on the
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, -
QUOD VIDES, EST FUNDAMENTUM TOTIUS FIDEI MUNDI HUJUS;
that is to say, -
THAT THOU SEEST, IS THE GROUND OF ALL THE FAITH OF THIS WORLD.
And ye shall understand, that when our Lord was done upon the
cross, he was thirty-three year and three months of old. And the
prophecy of David saith thus: QUADRAGINTA ANNIS PROXIMUS FUI
GENERATIONI HUIC; that is to say, 'Forty year was I neighbour to
this kindred.' And thus should it seem that the prophecies were
not true. But they be both true; for in old time men made a year
of ten months, of the which March was the first and December was
the last. But Gaius, that was Emperor of Rome, put these two
months thereto, January and February, and ordained the year of
twelve months; that is to say, 365 days, without leap year, after
the proper course of the sun. And therefore after counting of ten
months of the year, he died in the fortieth year, as the prophet
said. And after the year of twelve months, he was of age thirty-
three year and three months.
Also, within the mount of Calvary, on the right side, is an altar,
where the pillar lieth that our Lord Jesu was bounden to when he
was scourged. And there beside be four pillars of stone, that
always drop water; and some men say that they weep for our Lord's
death. And nigh that altar is a place under earth forty-two
degrees of deepness, where the holy cross was found, by the wit of
Saint Helen, under a rock where the Jews had hid it.
