thus unjudged ?” and he immediately cut his bonds. Then my Son put on his clothes, and I beheld the spot where my Son’s feet stood all full of blood, and I knew my Son’s course by his footprints, for wherever he went, the earth seemed stained with blood; nor did they suffer him to clothe himself, but they compelled and urged him to hasten.
Now, as my Son was led away like a robber, he wiped away the blood from his eyes. And when he was condemned, they gave him his cross to bear. When he had carried it a short way, one came up and assumed it. Meanwhile, as my Son was going to the place of his Passion, some smote him on the back, others struck him in the face. And so violently and rudely was he struck, that though I did not see the person striking, I distinctly heard the sound of the blow. And when I came with him to the place of the Passion, I there beheld all the instruments prepared for his death. And my Son himself coming thither, divested himself of his clothes, the attendants saying to each other: “ These vestments are ours, nor can he have them again, that is condemned to death.” Now, while my Son stood as naked as when he was born, one running up, handed him a doth, with
