[figure appears here on page 271] The Abbay of S. Androwes buylded.
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1 When hee had finiſhed this
houſe, being a goodly peece of worke, and right coſtly, as maye appeare at this
day by the viewe thereof, he aſ|ſigned forth certaine reutes for the
ſuſtentation of the Chanons, which he placed there of the or|der of Saint
Auguſtine, not ſo largely as ſerued for the mayntenaunce of ſuperfluous cheare,
but ſufficient yet for theyr neceſſarie fynding:Superfluous
rentes of Ab|beyes, prouo|cations to in|ordinate luſts. by reaſon
whereof, the Chanons of that Ab|baye lyued in thoſe dayes in moſte feruent
de|uotion, hauing no prouocations at all to in|ordinate luſtes and ſenſuall
pleaſures, but one|lye gyuen to diuine contemplation, wythoute reſpecte to
auarice or inlarging the poſſeſſions EEBO page image 272 and re [...]endes of their houſe: he founded alſo the abbey of Couper of the Cyſticur
order,
The abbey of Cowper foun|ded. The death of king Malcolm
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A Comete.A certaine comete or blaſing ſtarre appeared
xiiij. dayes together before his deathe, with long beames right terrible to
beholde. His bodie was buryed at Dunfermeling, after the incarnation 1185.
1185. Roger archbi|ſhop of Yorke the Popes le|gate.