ho repeats from _Crist illum_" (recte _Crist lim_, "Christ
with me") "to the end, and every one who repeats the name, and every one
who observes penitence in Eriu, their souls shall not go to hell; and
depart from Cruachan" [said the angel].

"I will not depart," said Patrick, "for I have been tormented, until I am
gratified. Is there anything more?" asked Patrick. "Yes," said the
angel; "you shall have one man for every hair in your _casula_ from pains
on the Day of Judgment." "Which of the other saints who labor for God,"
said Patrick, "that would not bring that number to heaven? I shall not
accept that," said Patrick.

"What will you accept, then?" asked the angel. "Here it is," said
Patrick: "that I should bring from hell on the Day of Judgment seven
persons for every hair in this _casula_." "It shall be granted to you,"
said the angel; "and depart from this Cruachan." "I will not depart,"
said Patrick, "for I have been tormented, until I am gratified." "Is
there anything else you demand?" asked the angel. "There is," said
Patrick: "the day that the twelve royal seats shall be on the Mount, and
when the four rivers of fire shall be about the Mount, and when the three
peoples shall be there--viz., the people of heaven, the people of earth,
and the people of hell--that I myself may be judge over the men of Eriu
on that day." "This thing cannot be obtained from the Lord," said the
angel. "Unless this is obtained from Him, I will not consent to leave
this Cruachan from this day for ever; and even after my death there shall
be a caretaker from me there," answered Patrick.

The angel went to heaven. Patrick went to his offering. The angel came
in the evening. "How now?" asked Patrick. "Thus," answered the angel:
"all the creatures, visible and invisible, including the twelve apostles,
entreated, and they have obtained. The Lord said that there came not,
and would not come, after the apostles, a man more illustrious, were it
not for the hardness of the request which is granted thee. Strike thy
bell," said the angel; "thou art commanded from heaven to fall on thy
knees, that it may be a blessing to the people of all Eriu, both living
and dead." "A blessing on the bountiful king that gave," said Patrick;
"the Cruachan shall be left."

Patrick proceeded afterwards until he was in Achadhfobhair, where he
celebrated the ordo at Easter. There are, moreover, "keepers" of
Patrick's people in Eriu living still