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of the State of Greenland. The Friar accordingly told him, that being very young, he was enter'd into this Convent by his Parents; and that he afterwards was commanded by the ſame Biſhop, of whom he had received the holy Orders, to go along with him from thence to Norway, where he ſubmitted himſelf to the Biſhop of Drontheim, to whoſe Authority and Juriſdiction all the Prieſts of Iceland were ſubject; and being returned to his native home, he again retired and ſhut himſelf up in his former Convent. This is ſaid to have happened in the Year 1546. He ſaid moreover, that in the Convent of St. Thomas, where he alſo had paſs'd ſome time, there was a Well of burning-hot Water, which, through Pipes, was conveyed into all the Rooms and Cells of the Convent, for to warm them." This Relation not to be credited.But I think there is as much Reaſon to queſtion the Authentickneſs of this Relation, as of the former, in as much as there is no ſuch thing to be found in our Daniſh Archives or Annals.
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