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one wants to go there, but there are those who say that
it can sometimes be seen, and it is called the lost island.
Saint Brendan found this island, who when he was on firm
land there said and discovered many marvelous things,
as is told in his Legend. Anyone who wants to know about
this can read about it at length in that Legend. In the
marshes beyond this point many good
islands are found. Cyprus is there, and Sicily, and many others,
but I will not speak of them now.
Do not be amazed by any of the things
that you have found written in this book, though
you may find them very wild and strange and difficult
to believe just from reading about them. For Our Lord
God, Who is the all-powerful Creator of all things
and to Whom all good things and all virtues belong,
has made solely by His will and pleasure many
marvels in the earth, and many works to be marveled
at, the reasons for which no one knows, nor by
any means can know. So for that reason
we should not disbelieve things that we have heard
read or told about the marvels of this world,