that it could not wound the woman's neck.
Then he would have pierced her through with the sword,
but the point bent up to the hilt,
and durst not touch her, because she was not a secret adultress.
Then said all the multitude who stood there astonished,
that the executioner should vex her no longer,
and drove him away with his weapon altogether.
God would even yet manifest His wonders
in that constant woman, and it was thereupon agreed amongst them all
to find a new sword, and a new executioner thereto;
because Christ would revive her from death.
She was then killed, but her neck was not stricken through;
she was nevertheless dead, and quickly buried;
but God easily raised her again from death
in that same night, and she lived sound
in the world afterward, for a long time, to the glory of the Almighty,
who had so made manifest her integrity by wonders.
She would not speak untruth of herself and condemn herself,
because a lying mouth destroyeth a man's soul.
Now ye have heard that ye must not conceal
your own sins, neither say any more
than ye have done, any more than this woman did;
because all false pretence is repugnant to God.
The youth lied about himself, and was straightway slain,
as likewise king David bade them slay the man,
who had told him that he had killed Saul the king,
and wished, by that leasing, to dissemble with David.
