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 other languages, and spread the fable through mediæval Europe. It was this work of Henry of Saltrey which first made known the virtues of the mysterious cave of Lough Derg. Marie of France translated it into French metre, but hers was not the only version in that tongue; in English there are two versions. In one of these, “Owayne Miles,” H. S. Cotton. Calig. A. ii., fol. 89, the origin of the purgatory is thus described:— “Holy byschoppes some tyme ther were, That tawgte me of Goddes lore. In Irlonde preched Seyn Patryke, In that londe was non hym lyke: He prechede Goddes worde full wyde, And tolde men what shullde betyde. Fyrste he preched of Heven blysse, Who ever go thyder may ryght nowgt mysse: Sethen he preched of Hell pyne, Howe wo them ys that cometh therinne: And then he preched of purgatory, As he fonde in hisstory, But yet the folke of the contré Beleved not that hit mygth be; And seyed, but gyf hit were so, That eny non myth hymself go, And se alle that, and come ageyn, Then wolde they beleve fayn.” Vexed at the obstinacy of his hearers, S. Patrick besought the Almighty to make the truth manifest to the unbelievers; whereupon