And beautiful eyes took the hue of death; his mouth opened and appeared full of blood; his countenance pallid and sunken, livid and blood-stained; his body also was all livid and pallid, and very languid from the constant stream of flowing blood. The skin also, and virginal flesh of that most holy body, was so delicate and tender, that a livid welt appeared from the slightest blow. Sometimes he endeavored to stretch himself upon the cross, from the excessive bitterness of the intense and acute pain that he endured; for sometimes the pain from his members and pierced veins ascended to his heart, and tortured him cruelly with intense martyrdom, and thus his death was prolonged and dilated, with great torment and bitterness. Overcome by the excessive intensity of pain, and about to expire, he cried to his Father in a loud and mournful voice, saying: “ O Father, why hast thou forsaken me ?” Then his lips were pallid, and his tongue blood-stained; his belly collapsed and clinging to his back, as though he had no bowels within him. Again, then, he cried out in great grief and anguish: “ Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit;” and then his head was raised a little, then sank, and he gave up the ghost.
