durst not tell
to him so. And anon after, the king sent as many more, and they anon set
them down for to pray with him. And when Christopher arose, he said to
them: What seek ye? And when they saw him in the visage they said to
him: The king hath sent us, that we should lead thee bound unto him.
And Christopher said to them: If I would, ye should not lead me to him,
bound ne unbound. And they said to him: If thou wilt go thy way, go
quit, where thou wilt. And we shall say to the king that we have not
found thee. It shall not be so, said he, but I shall go with you. And
then he converted them in the faith, and commanded them that they should
bind his hands behind his back, and lead him so bound to the king. And
when the king saw him he was afeard and fell down off the seat, and his
servants lifted him up and releved him again. And then the king inquired
his name and his country; and Christopher said to him: Tofore or I was
baptized I was named Reprobus, and after, I am Christopher; tofore
baptism, a Canaanite, now, a Christian man. To whom the king said: Thou
hast a foolish name, that is to wit of Christ crucified, which could not
help himself, ne may not profit to thee. How therefore, thou cursed
Canaanite, why wilt thou not do sacrifice to our gods? To whom
Christopher said: Thou art rightfully called Dagnus, for thou art the
death of the world, and fellow of the devil, and thy gods be made with
the hands of men. And the king said to him: Thou wert nourished among
wild beasts, and therefore thou mayst not say but wild language, and
words unknown to men. And if thou wilt now do sacrifice to the gods I
shall give to thee great gifts and great honors, and if not, I shall
destroy thee and consume thee by great pains and torments. But, for all
this, he would in no wise do sacrifice, wherefore he was sent in to
prison, and the king did do behead the other knights that he had sent
for him, whom he had converted.

After this Christopher was brought tofore the king, and the king
commanded that he should be beaten with rods of iron, and that there
should be set upon his head a cross of iron red hot and burning, and
then after, he did do make a siege or a stool of iron, and made
Christopher to be bounden thereon, and after, to set fire under it, and
cast therein pitch. But the siege or settle melted like wax, and
Christopher issued out without any harm or hurt. And when the king saw
that, he commanded that he should be bound to