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Show The defcription ofTreland. fhane canght flies , it happened that a {rake 02 adder Ript into bis month , ano glincd dolune into bis bellic, nhere harboring it felfe, it began to roame bp ano Botynteandfo feed on the pang man bis etttrals. Zhe patient being fo2e diffracted and aboue nica Thédefcription oflreland, Adhaequos nafes otfatto calendas February contingit(gi dis &s conteerfionwertes memoria dicatusest) quactingue eos orbis parsin lacemproferat, non horrent necfirmidant ang ies,1M0, qisod nagar e8f,(ala falinw horemorfileamedentr . 1d quod bornedotteyfmus ex diligent[ames 7homes Farcellens ouepen Thoma predidis ' Uf info rerum , © certit, mfaller ; exeroplis abeo Fazcilus, fure tounented tuith the biting pangs of fhis gree objeruatum. die gheff , inceffantlie prated to God, that iit Mov Critobulus. 1if4 quidem digna fine obferisatione> fotth his grations will , either tholie robereauc bint tam recordor,me legiffé ac feeptiss andiffe,precibys beati Patris of his tife, o2 elfe of his onfpeakeable mertic to cafe binof bispaine. he toomme would neuer ceadle 10 cf Hibermic apoftols, ei régionifimile beneficiumindultam,ne ea infula aliquid letalepartat . Ditifortafeindea nonnullis fronrgnatvingthe patientbis carcatfe , but then be had takenbis repaff , and bis meat teas no foner Jfolet , nibil effe in Hibernia venenatsprater ip/os bomines, digefted, thanit wonld giuea freth onfet tr boging quodpropterferos <> agrestes eortim mores dittim a plerifque bis guts . Diuerfe remedtes twere foughE, and nied to Gngland. Lhns far Giraldus Cambrenfis, whether be: ° here be forme that moue queftion , thetber the nemous fwantof benemous formes be to be fmpnted fo the Swoumes Swere propertic of the ole, 02 tobe afcribed fo the praters ithath béen bnotwen long before faint Patrike was, Bedlib Ang bites, re is te Gnitiva 5 li cap 35, 7? prone ft, efpectallic ebere his Manders reports dre buderpropt toith Aim fam farmifes: % ptirpole bider matter Cope his corredfon to cope and buce ble with bim herein : and befoze be beare the ball to the goale , to trip bim tf J may in the wap, And bes Alan.Copus fed ab dialog,3, manquello2, pet 99. Cope maketh hima parrictoe, fbichis twazfe. 3Fo2 although eucrie parvicine bes bor. F021 the Flanders (as faint Lube mentioneth) ,, fholwten, that aparentqueltor tas brought thither, and becaufe he ivas not fivalloiven in the quifes of 2» the fea, the gons being in their futtiatr fumes, fent ferpents tofstebim. And thep twked fo; nothing >? foner than to fee him enen at a tininkling to perith. nie patne, the people theretutth amazed, fatd be far furpafled mans eftate, ¢ that be was agod inuetted >5 in manbfs thape. ou haue reafon (anfinerety Critobulus ) pou 2? bauebit the natle'onthe head, Pea but J prate pou clip not mytale (faith Ine 7? nzus but take me with pou. Stones are cuted in the , , caue o2 den therein faint Panile is fato to have bat: fedo2 fologned, thich Hones tr maner in all Curope >» ginneth. lettered man Thomas Fazelhis , to baue bene cart Onflic noted of bim, as twell bp profe and erpertence, a Ataltam appellant) Paulin viperam dma ) " pendentemin agnemexcufaffe In oa infirla (Rorpiones qui a Pauli sur crediturmunere fint innoxy, Critobylus, Portafe hoc haber a Trenvus, Falleris: nam jnyadint, ot Deciee 1 bane, delatim ed parritidam, cies Clem mare p dy Ter 1 eumtollerentsommilf) "? ,, >» 7 60 as bpfare and fubftantiall eramples, éf 3 take not ,, Then commett in Cricobulus, tepome mafffer 5» Cope maketh(F twill not fate the bice o2 bicfcomer tobe deniedbut that Goo would impart bis qodnes to ani region eucn the foner that anyofbis bleffed _ fernants woul harbozough there . And as Z doubt hot but Stinonthe tarners boufe was nothing the twanfefo} lodging fo haypie aghelt as Peter: fo % 5 ain (ore SPaita was farce the better for harbo2ing fo * bleed atratielter 02 patfenger as Paule , hid D, Lubeletteth not fo tell, neclaring that all thep tbtdy Cuitonted fo faie, that there is no potfoned 02 = a mou for be did often iterate that fentence , Mole vp to the ered sand alfo that the patient that twas father to Pablius, in whole boute thep Were three Daies verte {pered in bis eare that Chitft fed flue thoufane. Wold thee contented thou fwlith felloty (quoth the parfon)if Soutteoufiic interfeined, twas by S, Paule healed. J Khould tell mine bearers of fagreat anumber, 9 Which cure as well of that patient, as of the refinue fhould but difcrenit the gofpeller , ann thep wonla of the Manders, did not onlic ertendto thetr bodies, so not belwue me, Soit fareth with . Cope. Belibe be miftrutted, that if be bad laid, that one biper could but cherdie roefpeciallte to their foules , accoxding to bane Maine Panle, the reader twould haue fulpeded the opinton of the learned dinines. Fo2 as our fauts & Felus Gpithivas never thought to cure anic ones the ontruth of the matter ; bicaute it carrieth great bode; but he toutalfo heale bis foule :fo it mutt be libelibod totth it, that one man coula withitand one thought of his apofties, im tehofe fteps both inlife and piper: and therefore to faue faint Lubebis credit be miracles thep traced. Anatherfore the learned bolo increafeth the number bp putting the plurall for the Spition thar. aule being in @altacrpelled from ofr, Vnerle of their foules the old ferpent that decefucd Sur progenitors Adam and Cue ; for whic God is tobe magnifico mo glozfed.. Zhus much J thought from that te treat ofand alfo that 3 tou! be found Pretlandteadic , as farce as nip imple (hill ftretdys Bralt with Zrelann,as witha rountrie nothing aps petteining to this mattter , ¥ trut he will pardon Mons terme, Ano therevponpercate fore srear "? fie fhould baue beene thought to baue fitoned. As % parton his the parfonthat preached to bis pari{oners of the go: trmon, fpell,, uberein mention is made of them that dyzttf fed in the defert, 02 twilvernede, D(quoth the parton) hbat a Chit was that, that with fue barlie loaues, and fine fithes fed fiue hund:ed perfons. heck re hearing bis matker fo grate oucrtong onthat point, pulpit, and plucking the parfon by bis gotwne , tht ineth bis tale inthis fort . Wp the fatth of mp bovie Tamd, that is to fate, that reland breedeth no vente tnthe tert, bitleffe , Cope would teach faint Luke fo fell bis tale affer the finelt fathton, leatf the apa: there ficke in the Jlad, Aocked to Paule,and were Sb :to pnderitand anic opinion thattendeth te the fomind , that J hane read ann offert beard, that he , > Critobulus, siceff, wr dicai: Trenrus, Catire itague andi' E ecw,ad quem dinertie f dcitne, colliguntur Lapides tu tora ferent Furey a fal _. Minega ; to h quicken andratfe the deceafed, and _ fer bis fake to ‘ falue bis fellow paftengers: it is not butthe plefant conceipted gentlemanof this entety >? Tude,and fetebeth a long leape (foy ¥ am fure be could not fumnpe fo fatre) from Qalta to Zretand,, anv far 7" like beitefit bath becite turparted to Freland,thzougd the praters of faint Watrihe the apottie of the (aid I >? tam coparricidam, and pet the Oreeke hath mevras poveuc, Omnino interfetor, o2a8 the vulgartert is, Vigne mentionedin the {cripture ; fo * Zofue, to fraie the manquello2,pet E cassser/o,eueric manquello2is not a fun; to > Cltas to raife the dead child ; to ° eter to 30 pacrtctoe, makethe lame go; to beale ‘ Greas;to rentues Da» 9, Cope proceedeth further , srs dy,ferpentes, que 39 com sollerent,immi/ifent: Lhe gods being angrie fent >» bitha; yea with bis verie ‘ hadow to cure the ficke; .. aidthe God that gaue to that Pante, of home mats ferpents.to di{patch paule, And pet forfwth,all thefe »» rh? - Cope {peaketh , bis gratious gift te make thes ferpents were but one biper, as isplainclic erpzetk Sadhereteinfert, asaclanfe not ebolic fyaruing the matter amiffe. fir, bere is ffuffe twazth the noting . Andnoww J call © eo devan fib banana Warnabas od at Liftris , where the inbabitants **%13>%+ named them gobs , Warnabas tobe Jupiter, and Paule, fo; that be tas twell fpokcn, to be Dercurie, Fo2 then the apoftles heard of thetr taolatrie, rene propertic of Malta, and the nature of FZreland tirdes ting thetr clothes, thep ratht into the thong , crieng firoieng benemous tworms, the one be afcrtbeth to the biefed apoffle faint Paule, the other be twill not 20 andflyeaking, that thep were moztall mem, te. Ft in ante twife fmpute to faint Patrike . Louching thid) place , Luke putteth an erpzeffe difference as it Wwers of fet purpofe, bettoene both the iyo20s, the firft, as J haue no occafion to tntermedoale theres fn, fo Fpurpofe not for the quarell J baue fo the CLonantes cx dicentes. . Cope addeth further, Dela tons rod into a ferpent, fo turne the riner tito bloud, and to worke diuerfe other effets thatare rie(fthich daie is named the conuerfion of &.Waule) in Ghat part focuetof the wozld thep are borne, ther feare not o2 grudge not at {nakes: pea, that wbichts moze fo be admired, the ftingings of potfored worms are heated bythe berie fpittle of this Januarte b20d. Which thing hath bene of late publithed by a twell Jncipiam afanthe Paulo : mot in Melita (quam bodie fied? Potculie, ec would hau taben on, asheand Aa.t4. verlax Lomicidaef homo hic. So that they twke him to be buta zinted in bis boke. Fir therefore thou mut orp Berita, that bis bote is made tn dialog wife, Akind of turiting as tt ts bled,commenoed of the learned . Yn thefe dialogs Ireneus an Cnglith tat and Cricobulus @ Getmaneplaie the parts. Trenaus entret) into the Hage , and in this twife bee beare them? Andif he heard them, thinke pou that be iwould baue beene ahilf, in bearing God fo farre blafhemed,as that he would {utter hinitelfetobedes perfon,to otfproue bis opinfon fo farve as if fandeth caute (gentle reader) {imindto make thee an indif ate fouereigne medicines to cure the bitings and ferent vinpicrin this controuerfic , for the better bi 5° fkinges of {corpions anv ferpents . Jurthermre, 2? Derfanding of the matter, J twill late Domne mat thep that are bo2rre the fine and ttwentith of Xanua fer Cope hts tons, tn (uch wife as thep are inv bone, that Jreland fas tnoucd twith that popertic, hich is elfeahereeafietobe found, Hitherto Mats fer Cope. .) Anthis vifcourfe ( gentle reader) thou fect that Haliter Cope handleth two prinetpall points, the iwith truth. Wherefore that God that of his bountifull gwdneffe gaue the grace to Soles, to turne Aas neuter , fr ointtting the one and the other Onfkand , ut hben thep perceiued binttabe fo farre dtftant 7 rf tuere it not that one matfter Alan Cope, o) fone o- 3 from death, as that be falkeined no hariie, ne felt a,, inp native countric , than be o2 bis betfers map ree they percetuen that the biper afd not annote Paule, then faith faint Lube, Conuertentes fe, dicebant enmeffe deum ; Zhzp turning the ons towaros the other , tt(pered 02 muttered that Paule was a gov. Mow put Datat ante alta) faint Paule flunginto the fire a viper that °? become though the gift of faint Waule (as it is fap: 22 pofed) barmeleffe. Luh (quofh Critobulus}) that map be percafe » faint Patrike, fucy as twrtte bis ltfe afwell apart , as in the legend 3° incident fo the natureoffhe fofle, of $rifh faints. Giraldus Cambrenfis difaffirmefh aie then (replieth Irenzeus)pouare tira twiong " Wherefore, Hh 4 map with better warrant defend to faie , Thep muttered one toan other, And faint Lube pararjeafeth bis meaning after. Jfo2 then fucke 02 did cleaue to bis hand. In that Fianvfeoy ,, pions thfch are elfetiere deadlie n2 benemous, are fevtisiney of faint Patrike , tho conuetted that Flano . Zhe ther that mafket tnder bis bifours , moze flan: 4° Beroulite than pitbilte han buffed himfelfe therein. fonedo2 Denemous thing ts bred in that realine : tn faint Patrile, but to the nature of the foile, becanfe the puaers of gteater part father iton faint patrthe, efpectallie flatite that opinfon , and taketh tt to be a fecret 02 hidden propertie naturallte bnited fo the fofle, from Polychr,1ib,x, kom Polychronicondeoth not fyarue, Jfo2 mypart eap.3%. as ¥ am Wedded to neither of both the opinions , fo % would bane beeneeafilie perfnaded, being neither hot 192 colo in the matter, to reff as a lnkelwarme Lo this (fatth frenaus) Jam done fo bnderfFand €bp the report of otaerfe,ad allo by Bede,that ne pot, fomuch that the berie carth of that countrie being Irenaeus. Eanregionem nihilpeStiferam aut venenatum alere , ttm ex msultorum fermohiibws, tum ex Beda viteligos adéo vtterra illius regronis exportata, pefliftra ac venenata animaliaextinguat. erimidquicqutdet, non Patricio,fed fime , but bnfked himfelfe oner fea, and arrfucd tn natura regronis tnbno, propterea quod longeanté Patrictum Jreland, We did no fwrret vrinke of the teater of 20 natum conitet , eamfurffe cous regionis dotem, quam none that Jland, and taken of the bittels of Zreland, difficile alibi reperiri. but forthinith be Bild the {nake, anoided tt Dofone3 twill begin (fatth Irenzus) twith faint Waule. ward, and fo being luftic and liuclie he returned ine ou know that in Meltta(tbich at this date is called <¢ byutith and fanage maners. 15 teth, Acyou rede aMAz9; Dicebant ad inuicem, That ig A&33. verl.4. the not the ec biought into other realmes , hilleth all benemous ; cafe thep cried, as ; 9. Cope faith ; , isitlike that et Dat? inhabitan Paule twasfo bufie in making of a fire, o2that bis oa andpoifoned worms. Wut let the matter fall ont pagent. Hbich waie it will; FJ alcribe that popertie not to ro Cates. dtd toander fo farre off, as that he could riot acchpitinrs cins, pilgrimages to faints, but all cone not pres natle . Weing at length fcholed bp the graue aduffe of (ome fage and erpert father , that wills‘ bim to makebis {peedte repatre fo Jreland , toould tract no ce mous thing irJreland, but onelie the people , abtch fg taken fo baue beene fatd of moll men fod their ad glozic of Gad. Bowbeitforcomuch as 9, Cope bath fo Hridlie Mie, tobe fomctxbat bold with blur, touching the hy fone of spaltathat as bis negligence {hall be m the She dilibsotweD , fo. his Lanvcrous (udgement maie bein the other reurrien. swat therfore Ghere hewets teththat the inbabitants of spalta Clamalenr,that 8, tried,03 howwted,it was not fa.Zpe Greebe tert run fingular, Gereas therefore it Handeth with 9, 9. Cope his Copebis pleafure,to forth in bis rhetozicall figure Fhctoztic, named , Hersratisfaperlatio, tn teeming muttering, fhowting , amanquello2,a parricide, one viper, ferpents : be muff be bogne twithall, tf in the beatof bis figure be ftepa little atozie in the remmantof bis bib courte, Fo2 thus be faith. And theredpon tt is reported percafe by fome ment,that thore ts nothing beneimous o2 poffoned in Freland,but the men and wonien. Which is taken to haue bene (pokemby mo menfo2 thetr brutilh and fauage manets, Were(god reader )thou mui bnders fand that 9. Cope putteth the tert dotune and the glofe, Zhe tertis, Chere is nothing in Freland bene mousbut the inbabitants. Zhe glofe is, This ts faio to haue been (pokenfo} their bruit and fauage con ditions. Now well harpt by faint Lankfielv. Here is 4 glote, ¥ bndertake you, futable to the tert, ut B.3, iet |