Andreas him andwyrde, "Eala gif ðu witan woldest þære halgan rodeġerȳnu, mid hú sceadwisre lufe manncynna Ealdor, for ure edstaðelunge þære rode gealgan underfeng, na geneadod, ac sylfwilles."
Andrew answered him, "O, if thou wouldst know themystery of the holy cross, with what discerning love the Prince of mankind received the cross for our re-establishment, not compelled, but of his own will."