_Of the Stone of Saint Patrick._
Near this place is a stone which the inhabitants call Saint Patrick's
Rock; for some believe that he was born thereon, and others that on it
he celebrated Mass. As often as any controversy arises between the
villagers or the neighbors which is thought fit to be determined by an
oath, it is brought to this stone, and there, the sacrament being
taken, the cause is decided. But if any perjurer or false witness laid
his hand thereon, immediately it was wont to pour forth water, and the
holiness of Patrick openly showed unto all how accursed was the crime
of perjury or of false testimony; yet at any other time it did not use
to exude one drop, but always remained in its natural dryness. Which
opinion of the people, however, as to this stone, is the more probable,
we know not, though the latter may seem the nearer unto the truth. Let
it suffice, therefore, to record the miracle which the Bishop Saint Mel
testifies that he had oftentimes beheld.