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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ferquhard and Donald gladly gaue eare to him, but they thought his inſtructions did not much appertayne vnto theyr birth and degree, but Fiacre printing his diuine documẽts deepe|ly in his harte, determined to forſake all worldly pompe and dignitie, and to get him ſome whi|ther farre from home, where he might ſerue God more freely without lette or interruption of his frendes or kinſfolke.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus being diſpoſed,Fiacre giueth himſelfe for to liue a ſolitary life in Fraũce. he got vpon him ſim|ple apparell, and went ouer into Fraunce, where ſeeking a ſolitarie place, Pharo the biſhoppe of Meaux gaue vnto him a peece of ground, in the whiche at this day he is woorſhipped with great deuotion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There hath gone a tale in that countrey, that no woman might enter into the Chapell where he lieth buried: for if any do, ſhe hath ſome mi|ſhap that falleth vnto hyr, as eyther the loſſe of ſight, priuation of wittes, or ſome ſuch like.

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