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us than what thou hast brought.' Then he said to his foster- 
mother : ' Believe that it is competent to God that even icicles 
should flame like firewood ; ' and, quicker than speech, when 
the icicles were set on fire, and when he breathed under it, they 
flamed forthwith like firewood, and God's name and Patrick's 
were magnified by that miracle." — Page 11. 
Underneath is an incomplete inscription in black letter : — 
' * baptesme sort une f ontaine 
veux des gla^ons ur " 
At the top of the window the saint is represented as a young lad car- 
ried off into slavery, and underneath the panel is an inscription : — 
Ceulx d'Ibernie font un effort centre 
la Bretagnc ou S Patrix est pris prison." 
To the right and beneath the above is a panel illustrating : — 
When Patrick was biding in the wilderness, he heard the voice 
of the angel saying to him : ' Ready is the ship whereon tho 
mayest fare to Italy to learn the Scriptures.' Said Patrick 
* I have not the price (of my ransom) in gold for my lord, an 
without that he will not allow me (to leave him).' The angel 
said to him : ' Mind thou the herd to-day, and thou wilt see a 
boar uprooting the earth, and he will bring a mass of gold there- 
out, and give thou (that gold) to thy lord for thy head, and fare 
forth from this land to learn wisdom and godliness.' Patric" 
watched the boar, and found the mass of gold, and gave it fo" 
his head to his lord, who consented to let him go, for he was 
glad of the gold." — The Lebar Brecc, Homily on St. Patrick, 
W.S., p. 443. 
And underneath is an inscription, of which the following words alone 
remain : — 
garder les pourceaulx fange. 
tresor fouille par iceulx." 
Beneath this panel is a representation of St. Patrick's visit to Sescnen, 
the father of Benignus : — 
' ' (He sailed) along the sea to Magh Breg (and stopped at Inver 
Colptha),^ and he found there great welcome in that place from 
^ The mouth of the Boyne. 
