_Of another Magician whom the Earth swallowed up._
And the Lord ordained unto Saint Patrick strong and frequent conflicts
with the magicians, that he might conquer and know how prevailing was
the wisdom of Him in whose name all their endeavors were foiled. For
as, according to the apostle, Iannes and Mambres resisted Moses, so did
very many evil-doers resist Patrick. Therefore, on another day, in the
place of the aforementioned council, another but not a different
evil-doer, at the instigation of Satan, arose with the like fury
against the saint, that he might destroy him. But the right hand of
the Lord, which erewhile had smote his enemy with consuming fire, was
magnified in strength, and in His manifold power swept this evil-doer
from the face of the earth. For the earth, cleaving asunder, opened
her mouth and swallowed up the magician who had so often defiled
himself with so many evil deeds, and, closing again, plunged him into
the abyss.