With wisdom inspired. [Then] thanked she God,
The King of glory, that her wish was fulfilled
Through the Son of God of each of the two,
Bóth for the sight of the victor-tree, 965
Ánd of the faith that[3] so bright she perceived,
The glorious gift in the breast of the man.

[1] So Z.; 'rebellion for this,' W. See W.'s note.

[2] Julian the Apostate, suggests Gn.

[3] 'That,' relative, though it may be taken as conjunction,
as Z.


XII.

Thén was made known among that folk,
Throughout that nation widely proclaimed,
The great morning-news for a grievance to many 970
Of those who God's law wished to conceal,
Announced in the towns far as waters embrace,
In each of the cities, that the rood of Christ
Once buried in earth had been discovered,
Brightest of beacons, which since or before 975
Holy 'neath heavens had been upheaved;
And it was to the Jews the greatest of sorrows,
Unhappy men, most hateful of fates,
That they 'fore the world were unable to change it,
The joy of the Christians. Then bade the queen 980