Silvester opened a book wherein the images of St. Peter and St. Paul were portrayed, and demanded of him if they were like unto them.  Then Constantine anon knew them and said that he had seen them in his sleep.  Then St. Silvester preached to him the faith of Jesu Christ, and baptized him; and when he was baptized, a great light descended upon him so that he said that he had seen Jesu Christ, and was healed forthwith of his measelry.  And then he ordained seven laws unto holy church, the first was that all the city should worship Jesu Christ as very God, the second thing was that whosoever should say any villany of Jesu Christ he should be punished, the third, whosomever should do villany to Christian men, he should lose half his goods.  The fourth, that the Bishop of Rome should be chief of all holy church, like as the emperor is chief of all the world.  The fifth, that who that had done or should do trespass and fled to the church, that he should be kept there free from all injury.  The sixth, that no man should edify any churches without license of holy church and consent of the bishop.  The seventh, that the dime and tenth part of the possessions should be given to the church.

After this the emperor came to St. Peter’s church and confessed meekly all his sins tofore all people, and what wrong he had done to Christian men, and made to dig and cast out to make the foundements for the churches, and bare on his shoulders twelve hods or baskets full of earth.  When Helen, the mother of Constantine, dwelling in Bethany, heard say that the emperor was become Christian, she sent to him a letter, in which she praised much her son of this that he had renounced the false idols, but she blamed him much that he had renounced the law of the Jews, and worshipped a man crucified.  Then Constantine remanded to his mother that she should assemble the greatest masters of the Jews, and he should assemble the greatest masters of the Christian men, to the end that they might dispute and know which was the truest law.  Then Helen assembled twelve masters which she brought with her, which were the wisest that they might find in that law, and St. Silvester and his clerks were of that other party.  Then the emperor ordained two Paynims, Gentiles, to be their judges, of whom that one was named Crato, and that other Zenophilus, which were proved wise and expert, and they to give the sentence, and be judge of the disputation.  Then began one of the masters of the Jews for to maintain and dispute his law, and St. Silvester and his clerks answered to his disputation, and to them all, always concluding them by Scripture.  The judges which were true and just, held more of the party of St. Silvester than of the Jews.  Then said one of the masters of the Jews named Zambry, I marvel, said he, that ye be so wise and incline you to their words, let us leave all these words and go we to the effect of the deeds.  Then he did do come [caused to come] a cruel bull, and said a word in his ear, and