O'Meagher — On St. Patrice de Rouen. 
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a certain Franklin who both believed in him with all his house- 
hold and was baptized, wherefore with him he (Patrick) left 
Ids boat. A little boy that was biding in the house gave love 
to Patrick, and took hold of his leg as he was going into the 
chariot, and his family surrendered him to Patrick, and Patrick 
takes him with him, and this is Benen, Patrick's gillie." — The 
Lehar Brecc, Homily on St. Patrick, W.S., 455. 
Underneath is the inscription : — 
The pedigree of Benignus is thus given among the saints' pedigrees in 
the Booh of Lecan : — 
Benen, son of Sescnen, psalmist to St. Patrick, of the Cianachta 
of Glenn Gemhin, of the race of Tadhg, son of Cian, son of 
OiliU Ollum." 
Lower down in the centre is a representation of the attempt of the 
Druid Lucat-Moel to poison the saint : — 
"Patrick is then called to the king's couch that he might eat food. 
Howbeit Patrick refused not that. The wizard Lucat-Moel put 
a drop of poison into Patrick's cruse, and gave it into Patrick's 
hand. But Patrick blessed the cruse and inverted the vessel 
and the poison fell thereout, and not even a little of the ale 
fell, and Patrick afterwards drank the ale." — The Lelar Brecc, 
Homily on St. Patrick, W.S., p. 450. 
Then follows an illustration of another miracle : — 
^' Then three of the TJi Meith Mendait Tire stole (and ate) one of 
the two goats that used to carry water for Patrick, and came to 
swear a lie. It bleated from the bellies of the three. ' My 
God's doom,' said Patrick, 'the goat himself hides not the 
stead wherein he is.'" — The Lehar Brecc^ Homily on St. 
Patrick, W.S., p. 467. 
The inscription beneath is : — 
Eetournant de . . . . 
fils duquel convertit.' 
son hoste le 
Le venim ne luy peult nuire et fait qu'un laron 
Beele ainsi que la brevis qu'el avoit derobee." 
K.I.A. PEOC, SEE. III., VOL. I. 
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