THE KING'S MIRROR 111 



XI 



IRISH MARVELS WHICH HAVE MIRACULOUS ORIGINS . 



Son. I consider it fortunate that I had some curiosity^ \^ 



to know about these matters, for there are no doubt J AJ(P 

 many so ill-informed that they have never heard about j 

 such things. Most men who may hear these accounts / 

 are likely to find them marvelous, though also somewhat / 

 informing. But since I gather from your remarks that 

 there may be certain other things that are wonderful 

 and seem worth discussing, either native to the land 

 or having some other origin, I wish to request that 

 nothing be omitted which you consider worth men- / 

 tioning, now that we have taken up these subjects. 1 1 / 



Father. There still remain certain things that may be 

 thought marvelous; these, however, are not native to 

 the land but have originated in the miraculous powers 

 of holy men, and we know of a truth that these do exist 

 Certain things are told, too, of which we cannot be sure 

 whether they are credible or merely the talk of men, 

 though they are common rumor in that country; but 

 what follows we know to be true beyond a doubt. 



In that same lake that I mentioned earlier which is 

 called Logri, lies a little island named Inisclodran. Once 

 there was a holy man named Diermicius who had a 

 church on the isle near which he lived. Injto_jthjs_church 



he is JliejDatron no Jemale 

 dJto enjter. All beasts are aware of this, 



for both birds and other animals which are without 

 human reason avoid it as carefully as humans do. And 



