CHAPTER CXL.

_A Certain Cymbal of Saint Patrick is lost and found again._

A certain man of the servants of Saint Patrick carelessly lost a

cymbal; when lost he sought it, when sought he found it not, when found

not he therefore sorely repented. And the saint forgave him, and

directed that no longer he should seek for the cymbal, until in that

place a church should be builded. And after a long time had passed, a

certain religious man named Dicullus builded there a church, and there

found the aforementioned cymbal; and in that church placed he it. And

many who were infirm, drinking out of or being sprinkled with water

from this cymbal, often received instant health; and when this

instrument was tuned, they experienced the holiness of the saint

breathing forth and sounding through its music.

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