Saint Philip, when he had preached in Scythia by the space of twenty years, he was taken of the paynims, which would constrain him to make sacrifice to an idol which was called Mars, their God, and anon under the idol issued out a right great dragon, which forthwith slew the bishop's son that appointed the fire for to make the sacrifice, and the two provosts also, whose servants heed Saint Philip in iron bonds; and the dragon corrupted the people with his breath that they all were sick, and Saint Philip said: Believe ye me and break this idol and set in his place the cross of Jesu Christ and after, worship ye it, and they that be here dead shall revive, and all the sick people shall be made whole. And they that were sick cried to Saint Philip, and said: If thou mayst do so much that we may be guerished and whole, we shall gladly do it. And anon Saint Philip commanded the dragon that he should go in to desert without grieving or doing any harm to any person, and anon he departed without appearing after.......
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