Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fiacre his prayer.Fiacre (as the report goth) hearing that there were diuers of the Scottiſh nobilitie coming to|wardes him vppon this meſſage, in his prayers deſired feruently of almightie God, that it might pleaſe him ſo to worke for him, that hee mighte continue in his contemplatiue lyfe ſtill, and not be occaſioned to reſort vnto the troubles of the world, which all contemplatiue godly mẽ ought to abhorre. And euen as he had wiſhed i [...] came to paſſe. For when thoſe that wer ſent vnto him came vnto the hermitage wherin he had his lod|ging, they found him (as appeared vnto them) ſo diſfigured with the leprie, that vpon his earneſt refuſal to forſake his ſolitarie lyfe, (which he had profeſſed to leade as an Ankre) for any worldely prefermente of kingly gouernement, they wer [...] content to returne with that anſwer, ſith his in+firmitie (as they ſuppoſed) was ſuch, as was no [...] conuenient for him that ſhuld haue any publik [...] gouernement.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Fiacre had a ſiſter named Syra, which hearing of hir brothers vertuous trade of lyfe, EEBO page image 146 came vnto him with a company of godly vir|gines, & being of him confyrmed in hir purpoſed intẽt of chaſtitie, ſhe repayred into Champaigne in Fraunce, where ſhe with hir fellowes remay|ned in greate holyneſſe of life, leauing in thoſe parties a worthy memorie not forgottẽ amõgſt them there, till this day.