royal children; and
they, being made the assistants unto the faith, rising again in their
bodies, assisted in their father and in the people the resurrection of
souls. And this king was called Alphinus, and his son was called
Cochadh, and his daughter Dublinia, and from her the city received its
name. And he and all his people, rejecting their idols and all the
abominations of the devils, were converted unto Christ, and were
baptized at the fountain of Saint Patrick, at the southern side of the
city, which the saint, striking the earth with the staff of Jesus, had
caused to arise, to the increase of the faith of the believers;
wherefore did the saint offer there the sacrifice unto salvation; and
there, even to this day, is honor and reverence paid Saint Patrick and
his successors, the primates of Ardmachia. And from that time the King
Alphinus and all the citizens of Dublinia vowed themselves and all
their posterity to the service of Saint Patrick and the primates of
Ardmachia, and builded one church near this fountain, and another near
the Church of the Holy Trinity, and in the city westward of the
archbishop's palace. And they appointed a tribute unto Saint Patrick
their patron, which was unto the Archbishop of Ardmachia from every
merchant ship a sufficient cask of wine or of honey, a hook of iron, or
a measure of salt; from every tavern a vessel of mead or of ale; and
from every shop a gift of shoes, or gloves, or knives, or combs, with
many gifts of such kind. And on that day the king and his nobles each
offered unto him a talent of gold; but the people offered even as they
could, the which did Patrick, the poor in Christ, give unto the poor,
having retained a part unto the building of churches. Then blessed he
them with the blessings of Jacob the patriarch, and of Moses the
servant of God, like unto the age and spiritual bearing of whom he
appeared, prophesying, and praying, if their deeds agreed with their
words, that they might be unconquered and fortunate, but weak and
unhappy if ever they falsified their vows. Which plainly was proved
when this people, becoming proud and regardless of the blessing of the
saint, neglected to pay the appointed tribute.

CHAPTER LXXII.

_Of the Sentence pronounced on Murinus._

And the saint having blessed and bidden farewell unto the inhabitants
of Dublinia, then by the power of his miracles confirmed in the faith,
preparing himself for the like work, set forwar