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20 of the State of Greenland. The Friar accordingly told him, that being very young, he was enter'd into this Convent by his Parents; and that he afterwards was commanded by the ame Bihop, of whom he had received the holy Orders, to go along with him from thence to Norway, where he ubmitted himelf to the Bihop of Drontheim, to whoe Authority and Juridiction all the Priets of Iceland were ubject; and being returned to his native home, he again retired and hut himelf up in his former Convent. This is aid to have happened in the Year 1546. He aid moreover, that in the Convent of St. Thomas, where he alo had pas'd ome time, there was a Well of Water, which, through Pipes, was conveyed into all the Rooms and Cells of the Convent, for to warm them." But I think there is as much Reaon to quetion the Authenticknes of this Relation, as of the former, in as much as there is no uch thing to be found in our Danih Archives or Annals. 3