d were baptized, and constantly
remained in the Catholic faith which they had taken on them. And the
two daughters of a certain nobleman named Glerannus, who were then
unborn, are said to have invoked the saint, and were with the rest
converted unto Christ, and were baptized even in their mother's womb.
And they afterward, living a holy and religious life, in a pious end
rested in the Lord, and after their deaths proved by many miracles that
they were with the saints in heaven. And Saint Patrick placed over
this newly-converted people a prelate named Mancenus, and he was
learned and religious, and well versed in the Holy Scriptures.

CHAPTER LX.

_Of another Magician whom the Earth swallowed up._

And the Lord ordained unto Saint Patrick strong and frequent conflicts
with the magicians, that he might conquer and know how prevailing was
the wisdom of Him in whose name all their endeavors were foiled. For
as, according to the apostle, Iannes and Mambres resisted Moses, so did
very many evil-doers resist Patrick. Therefore, on another day, in the
place of the aforementioned council, another but not a different
evil-doer, at the instigation of Satan, arose with the like fury
against the saint, that he might destroy him. But the right hand of
the Lord, which erewhile had smote his enemy with consuming fire, was
magnified in strength, and in His manifold power swept this evil-doer
from the face of the earth. For the earth, cleaving asunder, opened
her mouth and swallowed up the magician who had so often defiled
himself with so many evil deeds, and, closing again, plunged him into
the abyss.

CHAPTER LXI.

_How another Magician is Sunken up to the Ears, and again is Raised up._

And the deadly end of this evil-doer being discerned by one who was
germane unto him in his flesh and in his mind, and who was not able to
succor his brother when perishing, therefore sought he to avenge his
destruction on Patrick as his destroyer; and being enraged against the
saint, he sought to put him to death. But the Lord fought for Patrick,
and the earth in like manner opened and swallowed up the magician, even
to his ears. Then the man, being almost swallowed up in the earth,
implored pardon of the saint, and promised that he would believe in
Christ, and that he would obey his doctrine. And the saint, being
moved with pity, prayed for him unto the Lord; and immediately the
earth cast him forth, and raised him. And t