and came to the martyr, and went with him.
So then it fell out that the unbelieving judge
sat unfed in the town until evening,
without any meal, fasting against his will.
Lo! then Alban would hasten to death,
and went to the stream when he could not go over the bridge,
and looked up to heaven, praying to the Saviour,
and the stream thereupon dried up before him,
and made a broad way for him, even as he had desired of God.
Then the executioner, who was to kill him,
was touched by that miracle, and threw away his sword,
and ran quickly, as soon as they had come over the stream, loo
and fell at his feet with full faith,
desiring to die with him rather than to slay him.
He was then united, with resolute faith,
to the holy man whom he was to have beheaded;
and the sword lay there shining before them,
and not one of them would readily slay him.
Then was there nigh at hand to the holy man
a pleasant hill, adorned with plants,
with all fairness, and eke full smooth.
Then went Alban quickly thither,
and straightway prayed God that He would give him water
upon the hill, and He did so.
Then ran the well-spring at Alban's feet,
that men might understand his power with God,
when the stream ran from the steep hill.
He was then beheaded for the Saviour's name,
upon the hill, and departed to his Lord
by victorious martyrdom, and with true faith;
