Compare 1587 edition: 1 Laigerius ſon of Neale the great Monarke of Ireland per|mitteth the I|riſhmen to be|come chriſt [...]is.Laigerius ſon of Neale the great Monark, al|though he receyued not the Goſpell him ſelfe, yet permitted all that would to embrace it. But ſith he refuſed to be baptiſed, and apply to his doctrin, the Biſhop denounced agaynſt him a curſe from God accordingly, but tempered yet with mercye and iudgement, as thus: that during his lyfe he ſhoulde be victorious, but after him neyther the kingdom ſhould ſtande, nor his lignage inherite. From thence he toke his way vnto Conill lorde of Conagh,Conill lorde of Connagh. Logan king of Leyniſter. who honourably receyued him, and was conuerted with al his people. And after ſent hym vnto his brother Logan king of Leyniſter, whome he likewyſe conuerted.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 In Mounſter he found great frendſhippe and fauour by meanes of an Erle there, called the erle of Daris,The Erle of Daris. who honoured him highly, and gaue hym a dwelling place in the eaſt angle of Ard|magh called Sorta, where he erected many celles and monaſteries both for religious men and wo|men. He trauailed .xxx. yeres in preachyng tho|rough the lande, planting in places conuenient Biſhops and Prieſtes, whoſe learning and ver|tuous conuerſation by the ſpeciall grace and fa|uour of GOD, eſtabliſhed the fayth in that rude nation. Other thirtie yeares he ſpent in his pro|uince of Ardmagh among his brethren, placed in thoſe houſes of Religion, whiche by his meane were founded, and ſo he liued in the whole about one hundred twentie two yeares, and lyeth bu|ryed in Downe.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 S. Patrikes Pur|gatorie.Of Saint Patrikes Purgatorie, ye ſhal fynd in the deſcription of the countrey, and therefore we doe here omitte it: but yet bicauſe we are en|tred to ſpeake of the fyrſt fundation of Churches and religious houſes here in Irelande,Religious hou|ſes & churches founded. in follow|ing our Authour in that behalfe, wee will ſpeake ſomewhat of ſuche other holye men and women as are renoumed to haue liued in Irelande, as ornamentes to that Ile, more glorious than all triumphes and victories of the worlde, if their zeale hadde bin ſeazoned with true knowledge of the Scriptures, [...] doings myſtaken. as it maye well be, that in ſome of them it was, howſoeuer myſtaken by the iud|gement and report of the ſimple, which hath rei|ſed not only of theſe perſons, but alſo of the very Apoſtles themſelues, certaine fantaſticall tales which with the learned are out of all credite.