Philip Schaff

“ In this manner did Abgar write to Tiberius the emperor:—
“From Abgar, the king of the city of Edessa. Much peace to thy Majesty, our lord Tiberius! In order that thy Majesty may not be offended with me, I have not passed over the river Euphrates: for I have been wishing to go up against Jerusalem and lay her waste, forasmuch as she has slain Christ, a skilful healer. But do thou, as a great sovereign who hast authority over all the earth and over us, send and do me judgment on the people of Jerusalem. ”

“ It consists of an apocryphal work on the Virgin, of the fifth or sixth century.↑ i.e., “My Lady” or “Madam” (= mea domina) : it is the feminine form of “Mar.”—Tr.↑ Beginning with the new moon of October. ”