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iinnihpv of liamppv^; wliii'li lie said coiitainofl troasuro. On liis 

 retm-n, liP demanded tlieni l)ai-k, wlien they wore found ti) lie 

 filled with earth and stones only. Paternus vowed that he had 

 not meddled with the contents, and demandi^d of the kino- flial 

 he and two men, stewards of the king, who had placed the 

 hampers in his custod}', should undergo the ordeal of plunging 

 their hands in boiling water. The stewards scalded their arms, 

 hut that of Paternus was unhurt. Maelgwn was struck with 

 Idindness, and only recovered his sight at the intei'cession of th(> 

 saint. He then made a large grant of land to Paternus hetween 

 the rivers Eheidol and (Jlarach. 



Soon after, an angel liade 8. David take with him Paternus 

 and Teilo and go to Jerusalem. The three accordingly visited 

 the Holy City where the Archl)ishop coiisecrated tliem liishojis, 

 and they divided S.AV. Britain 1)etween them into three sees. 

 The kingdouT of 8eisil was to form the diocese of Paternus, that 

 of Rein was to lie that of David, and the kingdom of Morgan 

 was to he under the crosier of Teilo. Pat(M'nus received from 

 the patriarch of Jerusalem a present of a tunic woven in one 

 piece and of gohl tissue, as well as a pastoral stalf. 



On his return to P)ritain, this tunic was the occasion of a 

 dispute with King Arthur, who asked to have it, Itut was refused. 

 Arthur stormed and made threats of vengeance, when the earth 

 opened and swallowed him up to the chin. Only on his asking 

 pardon was he released frona this unpleasant situation. 



Caradoc Freiclifras now invited Paternus to come with him 

 to Llj'daw, because the Armoricans had threatened revolt against 

 Caradoc, under whose sceptre they were, unless Paternus were 

 restored to them. Paternus assented, after having been twenty- 

 four years in Britain ; and accompanied Caradoc to Brittanv, 

 where he was placed on the episcopal throne "in the city of 

 Guenet," i.e. of Yannes. 



Envious persons, however, strove to make dissension between 

 him and S, Samson, who at the time was Archbishop of Dol, and 

 they told Samson that Paternus refused to acknowledge his 

 jurisdiction, and to pay the accustomed ti-ibute to the metropolitan 

 see. Samson accordingly went to visit him, and when he was 

 near Yannes, sent word that he was approaching. The message 



