d seventy-two years sith it was made and forged, and is of the
first days of Decius the emperor, and it resembleth nothing to our
money; and how may it come from thy lineage so long since, and thou art
young, and wouldst deceive the wise and ancient men of this city of
Ephesus? And therefore I command that thou be demened after the law till
thou hast confessed where thou hast found this money. Then Malchus
kneeled down tofore them and said: For God's sake, lords, say ye to me
that I shall demand you, and I shall tell to you all that I have in my
heart. Decius the emperor that was in this city, where is he? And the
bishop said to him there is no such at this day in the world that is
named Decius, he was emperor many years since. And Malchus said: Sire,
hereof I am greatly abashed and no man believeth me, for I wot well that
we fled for fear of Decius the emperor, and I saw him, that yesterday he
entered into this city, if this be the city of Ephesus. Then the bishop
thought in himself, and said to the judge that, this is a vision that
our Lord will have showed by this young man. Then said the young man:
Follow ye me, and I shall show to you my fellows which be in the mount
of Celion, and believe ye them. This know I well, that we fled from the
face of the Emperor Decius. And then they went with him, and a great
multitude of the people of the city with them. And Malchus entered first
into the cave to his fellows, and the bishop next after him. And there
found they among the stones the letters sealed with two seals of silver.
And then the bishop called them that were come thither, and read them
tofore them all, so that they that heard it were all abashed and
amarvelled. And they saw the saints sitting in the cave, and their
visages like unto roses flowering, and they, kneeling down, glorified
God. And anon the bishop and the judge sent to Theodosius the emperor,
praying him that he would come anon for to see the marvels of our Lord
that he had late showed. And anon he arose up from the ground, and took
off the sack in which he wept, and glorified our Lord. And came from
Constantinople to Ephesus, and all they came against him, and ascended
in to the mountain with him together, unto the saints in to the cave.

And as soon as the blessed saints of our Lord saw the emperor come,
their visages shone like to the sun. And the emperor entered then, and
glorified our Lord and embraced them, weeping upon each of them, and
said: I se