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 forty days even south in full great tempest; and on Easter even came to their procurator, which made to them good cheer as he had beforetime. And from thence they came to the great fish, whereon they said matins and mass on Easter day; and when the mass was done the fish began to move and swam forth fast into the sea, whereof the monks were sore aghast which stood upon him; for it was a great marvel to see such a fish, so great as all a country, for to swim so fast in the water; but by the will of our Lord this fish set all the monks aland in the paradise of birds, all whole and sound, and then returned to the place he came from. And then S. Brandon and his monks thanked our Lord of their deliverance of the great fish, and kept their Eastertide till Trinity Sunday, like as they had done beforetime, and after this they took their ship and sailed east forty days.

And at the forty days end it began to hail right fast, and therewith came a dark mist which lasted long after, which feared S. Brandon and his monks, and they prayed to our Lord to keep and help them. And then anon came their procurator and bade them to be of good cheer, for they were come into the land of Behest. And soon after that mist passed away, and anon they saw the fairest country eastward that any man might see, and it was so clear and bright that it was a heavenly sight to behold, and all the trees were charged with ripe fruit, and herb full of flowers. In which land they walked forty days, but they could see none end of that land, and there was always day and never night, and the land temperate,