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 from that time till Palm-Sunday; and then they came to the yland of sheep, and there were received of the old man, which brought them to a fair hall and served them. And on Shere-Thursday after supper he washed their feet and kissed them, like as our Lord did to his disciples, and there abode till Saturday, Easter-even; and they departed and sailed to the place where the great fish lay, and anon they saw their caldron upon the fishes back, which they had left there twelve months tofore. And there they kept the service of the resurrection on the fishes back, and after, they sailed that same day by the morning to the yland whereas the tree of birds was, and then the said bird welcomed S. Brandon and all his fellowship, and went again to the tree and sang full merrily ; and there he and his monks dwelled from Easter till Trinity Sunday as they did the year before, in full great joy and mirth. And daily they heard the merry service of the birds sitting on the tree. And then the bird told to S. Brandon that he should return again at Christmas to the abbey of monks, and at Easter thither again, and the other deal of the year labour in the ocean in full great perils, and from year to year till the seven years be accomplished. ’And then shall ye come to the joyful place of Paradise and dwell there forty days in full great joy and mirth ; and after, ye shall return home into your own abbey in safety, and there end your life, and come to the bliss of heaven, to which our Lord bought you with his precious blood.' And then the angel of our Lord ordained all thing that was needful to S. Brandon and to his monks in