_Ardmachia is given unto Saint Patrick; and a Fountain is produced out
of the Earth._
And after a short time the noble Darius, that he might show unto the
saint yet greater favor, brought him out of a low place unto a place
which was high; from a narrow dwelling unto one which was spacious and
fair, which was foreshown unto him by an angelic miracle, at that time
named Druymsaileach, but which is now called Ardmachia. And Saint
Patrick, considering the pleasantness and convenience of the place, and
walking around it, found therein a doe lying down with her fawn, which
they who accompanied the saint willed to slay; but this the pious
father would in no wise suffer to be done. And that he might show the
bowels of pity, which he had unto God's creatures, he bore the fawn in
his own arms, and caressed and cherished it, and carried it unto a park
at the northern side of Ardmachia; and the doe, even as the tamest
sheep, followed the compassionate bearer of her youngling, until he
placed it down at her side. And on that day did the saint, for the
praise of God and for the benefit of the people, bring forth out of the
earth by his prayers, even for the seventh time, a clear fountain.