the three last chapters, or the three last lines, or the three last
words, just before death, with pure mind, his soul will be saved." "_Deo
gratias ago_," said Sechnall. Colman Ela recited it in his refectory
thrice. Patrick stood in the middle of the house, when a certain
plebeian asked, "Have we no other prayer that we could recite except
this?" And Patrick went out afterwards. Cainnech, on the sea, in the
south, saw the black cloud of devils passing over him. "Come here on
your way," said Cainnech. The demons subsequently came, stating, "We
went to meet the soul of a certain rich rustic observing the festival of
Patrick; but his sons and people ate, and he sang two or three chapters
of the hymn of Patrick; and, by your dignity, we thought it more a satire
than praise of Patrick as they sang it; but by it we have been
vanquished."

The miracles of Patrick are these--viz.: The hound in the territory of
Gailenga, at Telach-Maine; the buck speaking out of the bodies of the
thieves in the territory of Ui-Meith; the travelling of the garron
without any guide to Druimmic-Ublae, when he lay down beside the grain of
wheat; the chariot, without a charioteer, [going] from Armagh to
Sleibhte; the appearance of the King of Britain in the form of a fox in
his country, an ever-living miracle; a part of Aenach-Tailten, from which
nothing dead is taken; the King of Cashel not to be killed by wounding,
provided that he be of the race of Aenghus, son of Nad-fraech; these bare
residences not to lie demolished--viz., Rath-Airthir, and Sen-domhnach of
Magh-Ai ("_Eccor Sen-domhnaigh_" is an old saying); Dun-Sobhairce charmed
to the herenaghs--viz., an altar-sop with the Forbraige; and the
_dominica_ of Naas, and Magh-itir-da-glas in Macha; the navigation from
Bertlach to Bertlach of Calry-Cuile-Cernadha; the streams which the
_gilla_ blessed at Drob-hais; the take [of fish] at Eastern Bann; the
take at Sligo every quarter [of the year]; the Samer, which goes from the