_Euchodius is cursed by the Saint, and his Son is blessed._
A certain wicked tyrant, named Euchodius, reigned in Ulydia; and he
commanded two holy virgins, for that they rejected wedlock, to be bound
with chains and cast into the water; and he set at naught Saint Patrick
interceding for them. Wherefore the saint punished him with the
sentence of his malediction, and foretold that not one of his seed
should reign after him, but that his kingdom should be transferred to
Kerellus, his younger brother. And his wife, who was then in travail,
earnestly besought the saint that he would bless her and the child
which she carried in her womb. Then the saint blessed them both, and
prophesied that she would bring forth a most holy son, whose death
should be doubtful and unsearchable. And the woman brought forth a
son, who was named Dovengardus; and he was renowned for his sanctity
and his miracles, whereof many and wondrous traditions are told among
that people. And Euchodius in a short time lost both his life and hit
kingdom, and thereto not one of his race succeeded. But his
aforementioned brother and his descendants through many years possessed
the kingdom of Ulydia.