d evidently
show in His saint the wonderful God; for the next miracle deserveth
even higher admiration. And as Patrick was one day preaching eternal
punishment to those who resisted the commands of God, and the reward of
eternal life to those who obeyed, his words were confirmed by the
argument of an unheard miracle. For, lest any scruple of doubt should
arise in their hearts, he revived, in the sight of all, nineteen men
who had been dead and buried in their graves, one of whom, named Fotus,
had lain in his narrow house for the space of ten years. And all these
related the pains which they had suffered, and with one voice declared
that the God whom Patrick preached was the true and the living God.
Then the King Oengus and all his people, beholding these things,
glorified the God who is glorious in His saints, wonderful in His
majesty, and eminent in His miracles, such as are never seen on earth;
and they honored Patrick as the priest of the high God and His peculiar
apostle. And each returned unto his home, saying, This day we have
beheld a miracle. And they who had been revived were by Patrick
baptized, and, professing a penitent life, they took on them the
monastic habit, and, abiding with the blessed Triamus, they remained in
holiness and in faith even to their lives' end.

CHAPTER LXXIX.

_The King's Daughter becomes a Nun._

And Patrick came unto the country of Neyll, wherein reigned a king
named Echu, and he had one beloved daughter named Cynnia, whom he
intended at a fitting time to give in fitting marriage. And the damsel
unfolded to the saint her father's purpose, and he exhorted her to
deserve the reward of virginity even an hundred-fold; therefore,
rejecting worldly nuptials, she determined to offer herself an
undefiled offering unto her celestial Spouse, and to cherish Him in her
heart. And the king, beholding her thus steadily to preserve her
virgin purity, called unto him the saint, and thus he spake: "I had
determined that my daughter should continue unto me a long-descending
progeny for the confirmation of my kingdom and the solace of mine age;
but the succession is cut off, and mine hope is defeated by thee; if,
therefore, thou wilt promise unto me the heavenly kingdom, yet not
compel me unwillingly to receive baptism, my daughter shall become the
servant of thy God, even as thou hast exhorted her; otherwise will I
not be stopped of my desire, nor shall thy preaching prevail." And the