Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But now as it falleth foorth in the historie. We haue thought good here to shew in what sort Ireland came to receiue the christian faith. We find in deed that immediatlie after Christes time, saint Iames Ireland in|stru [...]ed in the faith by saint Iames t [...] [...]|postle. the apostle, & other trauelling into these west parts, did first instruct the Irish people, and teach them the glad tidings of the gospell, so that diuerse amongst them euen then were christened, and beléeued, but not in such numbers (as may be thought) whereby it should be said, that the countrie was generallie conuerted. Notwithstanding, the Scotish chroni|cles a [...]ouch, that in the daies of their king Finc [...]|marke, who departed this life in the yeare of our re|demption thrée hundred fiftie and eight, Ireland was conuerted to the faith by this meanes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 A woman of the Pictish bloud chanced (saie they) to serue in those daies the queene of Ireland, which woman being a christian hir selfe, first instructed hir mistresse in the faith and true points of christianitie; and the quéene hir husband, who conuerted the whole Irish nation. Howbeit, by the report of the Irish writers themselues, this should not seeme altogither true: for they affirme, that their countrie was rather still estéemed as one of the vnchristened Iles, till a|bout the yeare foure hundred twentie and six, whilest Celestine the first of that name gouerned the sée of Rome, who vpon conference had with his cleargie, touching the restoring of the christian faith in the west parts of the world, greatlie decaied there by the heresie of Pelagius, vnderstood that Ireland also by reason of distance from the hart of christendome, and rudenesse of the nation, had receiued little fruit at all of true religion, a thing much to be lamented.

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.