_Of the Cow freed from an Evil Spirit, and Five other Cows restored to
Health._
The aunt who had nursed Saint Patrick had many cows, one of which was
tormented with an evil spirit; and immediately the cow became mad, and
tore with her feet, and butted with her horns, and wounded five other
cows, and dispersed the rest of the herd. And the owners of the herd
lamented the mishap, and the cattle fled from her fury as from the face
of a lion. But the boy Patrick, being armed with faith, went forward,
and, making the sign of the cross, freed the cow from the vexation of
the evil spirit; then drawing near to the wounded and prostrate cows,
having first prayed, he blessed them and restored them all even to
their former health. And the cow, being released from the evil spirit,
well knowing her deliverer, approached with bended head, licking the
feet and the hands of the boy, and turned every beholder to the praise
of God and the veneration of Patrick.