and. swore by the sun, and by all his gods,
that he would destroy him by divers torments.
Then said the blessed George to him,
'Thy tortures are transitory,
but I fear not for thy threatening;
thou hast my body in thy power,
but nevertheless not thou hast, but God (has) my soul.'
Then the emperor bade his torturers fetch
a brazen caldron, and fill it full
with boiling lead, and lay George
within the caldron, when it was hottest.
Then the saint raised his eyes to heaven,
praying to his Lord, and saying boldly,
' I go into thee in my Lord's name,
and I hope in the Lord that He will now deliver me
unhurt out of this boiling caldron,
to whom is praise and glory throughout all the world.'
And he made the sign of the cross over the caldron, and laid
himself upon it,
and the lead was cooled by God's might,
and George sat sound in the caldron.
Then said the emperor to Christ's servant,
' Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee,
and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee;
now I exhort thee, as a beloved son,
that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine,
and quickly incline to my counsel,
so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo,
and thou mayest so obtain great honour.'
Then the holy martyr, filled with the Holy Ghost,
smiled with his mouth, and said to the wicked man,
' It befitteth us to sacrifice to the immortal God.'
