at this miracle and Sechnall a bishop of Patrick's and a holy and wise
man, and he is said to be the first bishop buried in Ireland. The wound
which Declan had received grieved them very much. Patrick was informed
of the accident and was grieved thereat. He said:--"Heal, O Master (i.e.
God), the foot of your own servant who bears much toil and hardship on
your account." Patrick laid his hand on the wounded foot and made over
it the sign of the cross when immediately the flow of blood ceased,
the lips of the wound united, a cicatrix formed upon it and a cure
was effected. Then Declan rose up with his foot healed and joined in
praising God. The soldiers and fighting men who were present cried out
loudly, blessing God and the saints.

26. As Patrick and the saints were in Cashel, i.e. Ailbe and Declan with
their disciples, in the territory of Aongus Mac Nathfrich, they made
much progress against paganism and errors in faith and they converted
them (the pagans) to Christianity. It was ordained by Patrick and Aongus
Mac Natfrich in presence of the assembly, that the Archbishopric of
Munster should belong to Ailbe, and to Declan, in like manner, was
ordained (committed) his own race, i.e. the Deisi, whom he had converted
to be his parish and his episcopate. As the Irish should serve Patrick,
so should the Deisi serve Declan as their patron, and Patrick made the
"rann":--

"Humble Ailbe the Patrick of Munster, greater than any saying, Declan,
Patrick of the Deisi--the Decies to Declan for ever."

This is equivalent to saying that Ailbe was a second Patrick and that
Declan was a second Patrick of the Decies. After that, when the king had
bidden them farewell and they had all taken leave of one another, the
saints returned to their respective territories to sow therein the seed
of faith.

27. Declan and Ferghal Mac Cormac, king of the Deisi, with his army and
followers, met one another at Indeoin and they made still more strong
on the people the bond of Christian obligation. The king we have already
mentioned, scil.:--Ledban, the recusant to the Christian name, was
rejected of all and he came to nothing, leaving no knowledge (memory) of
his history, as is written of the enemies of the faith:--"Their memory
perisheth like a sound" [Psalm 9:7]. Moreover Declan and Fergal and the
chief men of the Deisi decreed this as the place where the king of the
Deisi should be inaugurated for ever thenceforward, because it was there
Patric