S. BRANDON
S. Brandon, the holy man, was a monk, and born in Ireland; and there he was abbot of a house wherein were a thousand monks, and there he had a full strait and holy life in great penance and abstinence, and he governed his monks full virtuously. And then within short time after there came to him a holy abbot that hight Beryne to visit him, and each of them was joyful of other. And then S. Brandon began to tell to the abbot Beryne of many wonders that he had seen in divers lands, and when Beryne heard that of S. Brandon, he began to sigh and sore weep; and S. Brandon comforted him the best wise he could, saying: 'Ye come hither for to be joyful with me: and therefore for God's love leave your mourning and tell me what marvels ye have seen in the great sea-ocean that compasseth all the world about, and all other waters come out of him which runneth in all parts of the earth.' And then Beryne began to tell to S. Brandon and to his monks the marvels that he had seen, full sore weeping, and said: 'I have a son, his name is Mervok, and he was a monk of great fame, which had great desire to seek about by ship in divers countries to find a solitary place wherein he might dwell secretly, out of the business of the world, for to serve God quietly with more devotion; and I counselled him to sail
