[1] But nowe to the Hyſtorie. In the yeare laſt paſt, to witte, 1182. (or as others haue) in the yeare .1180. dyed Laurence Archbiſhop of Dub|lyn, after whõ ſucceeded Iohn Cumyn an Eng|liſh man, that was brought vp in the Abbey of Eueſham founder of Saint Patrikes in Dub|lyn, which before that time was a pariſh Church, and by him conuerted into a Colledge, with ſuffi|cient reuenues aſſigned for the maintenaunce of parſons, vicars, clearkes and choriſters.