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 ne too hot ne too cold. And at the last they came to a fair river, but they durst not go over. And there came to them a fair young man and welcomed them courteously, and called each of them by his name, and did great reverence to S. Brandon, and said to them: ’Be ye now joyful, for this is the land that ye have sought. But our Lord will that ye depart hence hastily, and he will show to you more of his secrets when ye come again into the sea; and our Lord will that you lade your ship with the fruit of this land, and hie you hence, for ye may no longer abide here; but thou shalt sail again into thine own country, and soon after thou comest home thou shalt die. And this water that thou seest here departeth the world asunder; for on that other side of this water may no man come that is in this life; and the fruit that ye see here is alway thus ripe every time of the year, and always it is here light as ye now see; and he that keepeth our Lord's hests at all times shall see this land ere he pass out of this world.' And then S. Brandon and his monks took of that fruit as much as they would, and also took with them great plenty of precious stones; and then took their leave, and went to ship weeping sore because they might no longer abide there. And then they took their ship and came home into Ireland in safety. Whom their brethren received with great joy, giving thankings to our Lord which had kept them all those seven years from many a peril and brought them home in safety; to whom be given honour and glory, world without end. Amen. And soon after, this holy man S. Brandon waxed feeble and sick, and had but little