_Of the Poison mingled in the Wine._
But the King Leogaire, fermenting with the gall of wickedness and
deceit, knowing and marvelling how often the saint had escaped his
snares, turned himself to other inventions, and whom he could not slay
with the sword he plotted to destroy with poison. Therefore, by the
hand of a certain evil-doer named Lugaich Mael, he gave his cup unto
Patrick, whereof, that servant of Satan mingling poison with the wine,
did the saint drink. But the man of God, taking the cup and invoking
the name of the Lord, bended it forward, and all that was deadly
therein poured he into the hollow of his hand unmixed with the rest of
the liquor; then making the sign of the cross, what remained he
blessed, and, to the confusion of the poisoner and the admiration of
all who sat around, drinking thereout, he received neither hurt nor
damage.