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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Giral. Camb. telleth, that in S. Patriks tyme flouriſhed Sainte Bride the Virgine,Giraldus Cam|brenſis. and S. Colme, which two, with the ſame Patrike, were buryed in Downe, (as in the Scottiſhe hiſtorie ye may fynde) and (as the ſame Giraldus ſayth) their three bodies were founde there ſhortly after the conqueſt.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sir Iohn Conway being preſidẽt of Vlſter,Sir Iohn Con|vvey preſident of Vlſter. in viewyng the ſepulture, teſtifyed to haue ſeene three principall iewels, whiche were then tran|ſlated, as honourable monumentes worthie to be preſerued.Saint Colme. Of ſaincte Colme it is doubted in what age he lyued. Brigide, otherwyſe called Bride, was baſe daughter to one Dubtactius, a Capitayne in Leyniſter, who perceyuyng the mother wyth chylde, ſolde hir ſecretely (fearing the iealouſie of his wyfe) to an Iriſhe Peet,Peet, that is, Magus in latin or (as vve may ſay) a Magiriã or foothſayer in English. re|ſeruing to himſelfe the fruite of hir wombe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 She was there delyuered of thys Bridget, whome the Peet trayned vp in learning, and vertuous education,An. do. 439. and at length broughte hir home to hir father.

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