in the wide field, since they believed on Christ,
but he admitted them all straightway on the spot as catechumens.
XXXIV. Again on a certain occasion, as Martin was travelling
with his companions, there came there suddenly running
an exceeding mad cow, and those that followed her
cried to the holy man to take care,
because she gored badly every one whom she met.
Then she came running with awful eyes,
but the holy man instantly commanded her to stand still,
and she straightway obeyed his best and stood there.
Then the holy man saw that there sat a devil
on the cow's back, and said to the demon;
'Depart, thou cruel one, away from the beast,
and cease to vex this innocent heifer.'
Then the evil spirit obeyed Martin,
and departed from the cow, and she immediately knew
that she was delivered, and lay outstretched
before his feet, her quiet being restored.
Then the holy man commanded her to go back to the herd,
and she, innocent as a sheep, returned to the drove.
XXXV. Martin also once met a hunter;
their dogs were furiously chasing a hare
over the broad field, and it doubled repeatedly,
thinking by the doubling to escape death.
Then the saint had ruth of the hare's peril,
and commanded the hounds to desist from running,
and to let the hare escape by flight.
Then the dogs stood, at the first word,
as if their feet were fastened to the earth,
and the hare got away safely from the dogs.
