Compare 1587 edition: 1 Paladius offe|eth to go into Irelande.Among other that then were aſſembled to treate of thoſe matters was one Paladius Arch|deacon of Rome, who offered his charitable tra|uayle towardes the conuerſion of any of thoſe landes whether it ſhould pleaſe them to appoynt hym to goe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Celeſtine knowing the ſufficiencie of the mã, conſecrated him Biſhop,He is conſecra|ted bishop. authoriſed his iourney by letters vnder his ſeale, furniſhed his wantes, and aſſociating to him ſuche Religious perſones and other, as were thoughte neceſſarie to aſſiſte him, deliuered to him the Bible with greate ſo|lemnitie and other monumentes in furtherance of his good ſpeede.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length he landed in the north of Irelande, from whence he eſcaped ryght hardely with hys lyfe into the Iles adioyning,Paladius landed in Irelande. where hee prea|ched the Goſpell, and conuerted no ſmal number of Scots to the chriſtian beleef, and purged that part that was chriſtened from the infection of the Pelagians, as in the Scottiſhe hiſtorie more at large apereth. He was required by y^e Scots that inhabited here in Britayne, to leaue the Iles & to come ouer vnto them, there to inſtruct the people in the way of true ſaluation, to the whiche with the Popes licence, he ſeemed willyng ynough, and the Biſhop of Rome the more readily con|deſcended thereto, for that in the inſtante tyme when Paladius was to departe, one Patrike at|tended at Rome ſuyng for licence to be ſent in|to Irelande.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Among other that then were assembled to treat of those matters was one Paladius archdeacon of [...] of|fereth to go into Ireland. Rome, who offered his charitable trauell towards the conuersion of anie of those lands whither it shuld please them to appoint him to go. Celestine know|ing He is conse|crated bisho [...] the sufficiencie of the man consecrated him bi|shop, authorised his iourneie by letters vnder his EEBO page image 53 seale, furnished his wants, and associating to him such religious persons and others as were thought necessarie to assist him, deliuered to him the bible with great solemnitie, & other monuments in fur|therance of his good spéed. At length he landed in Paladius landed in Ireland. the north of Ireland, from whense he escaped right hardlie with his life into the Iles adioining, where he preached the gospell, and conuerted no small number of Scots to the christian beliefe, and purged that part that was christened from the infection of the Pelagians, as in the Scotish historie more at large appéereth. He was required by the Scots that inhabited here in Britaine, to leaue the Iles and come ouer vnto them, there to instruct the people in the waie of true saluation, to the which with the popes licence he séemed willing enough: and the bi|shop of Rome the more readilie condescended there|to for that in the instant time, when Paladius was to depart, one Patrike attended at Rome, suing for licence to be sent into Ireland.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The pope therefore granted that Paladius might passe ouer to the Scots in Britaine, and appointed Patrike sent into Ireland. Patrike to go with authoritie from him into Ire|land; where, vpon his arriuall he found the people so Paladius ap|pointed to go into Scotlãd. well bent to heare his admonitions, contrarie to their accustomed frowardnesse, that a man would haue thought that had seene their readines, how that the land had beene reserued for him to conuert. And The toward|nesse of the I|rishmen to heare Pa|triks prea|ching. bicause it pleased God to bestow such an vniuersall benefit to this land by his meanes, we haue thought good in following our author herein, to touch some part of the course of his life. This Patrike in Latine called Patricius, was borne in the marches betwixt where saint Patrike was borne. England and Scotland, in a towne by the sea side called Eiburne, whose father hight Calphurnius, a deacon and sonne to a priest: his mother named Conches, was sister to saint Martine that famous bishop of Towers in France.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Patrike of a child was brought vp in learning, and well instructed in the faith, and much giuen to The life of saint Patrike in briefe. deuotion. The Irishmen in those daies assisted with Scots and Picts were become archpirats, sore dis|quieting the seas about the coasts of Britaine, and vsed to sacke litle small villages that laie scattered along the shore, and would often lead awaie captiue the inhabitants home into their countrie. And as it chanced, Patrike being a lad of sixtéene yeares old, S. Patrike was takẽ pri|soner when he was yoong. and a scholer then in secular learning, was taken a|mong other, and became slaue to an Irish lord called Machuaine, from whome after six yeares terme he redéemed himself with a peece of gold which he found in a clod of earth, that the swine had newlie turned vp as he followed them in that time of his captiuitie, being appointed by his maister to kéepe them. And as affliction commonlie maketh men religious, the Affliction ma|keth men re|ligious regard of his former education printed in him such remorse and humilitie, that being thensefoorth wea|ned from the world, he betooke himselfe to contem|plation, euer lamenting the lacke of grace and truth in that land: and herewith not despairing, but that in continuance some good might be wrought vpon them, he learned their toong perfectlie. And alluring one of that nation to beare him companie for exer|cise sake, he departed from thense, and got him into France, euer hauing in his mind a desire to sée the conuersion of the Irish people, whose babes yet vn|borne séemed to him in his dreames (from out of their mothers wombs) to call for christendome.