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1 In whiche time Conſtantius
Chlorus father to Conſtantine the great, was reſident in Bry|taine, who
adiudging the Scottes to be a people wholly giuen to pillage and ſlaughter, as
they were in deede, determined with himſelfe
to haue brought them to ſubiection. But ere he could at|chieue any notable
enterpriſe he died, leauing be|hind him the fame of a right gentle and worthy
Prince,Conſtantius perſecuteth the Chriſtians.
ſauing that in one poynt he ſore ſtayned his honor, for that hee was one of the
chiefe that perſecuted the Chriſtian flocke vnder Diocle|tian, forcing no ſmall
number of the faithfull a|mongſt the Brytains,Many of the
Brytains flee to the Scottes, to auoyde per|ſecution. to flee vnto
the Scottes & Picts to auoyde his perſecutiõ. Whom Crath|lynt
receyued for his part moſt louingly, and
aſ|ſigned vnto them (as the Scots ſay) the Iſle of Man for a place of
habitation,Crathlynt di|ſtroyeth the temples of the falſe
goddes in Man. deſtroying al ſuch temples of the heathen religion
belonging to the Dr [...]ides which had cõtinued there ſith the begin|ning. And vtterly
aboliſhed all thẽ ſuperſtitious rites & cuſtomes of the ſame
Druides, with their whole order and brotherhood. He erected a
tẽple there, which he dedicated vnto Ieſus Chriſt our Sauiour, wherin the
Chriſtiãs might celebrate their deuine ſeruice, according to their profeſſiõ.
This Church being richly endowed was the firſt Biſhops ſea amõgſt the
Scots,
The firſt Bi|ſhops ſea in Scotland. Sodore [...]ſis ec|cleſia. Crathlynt de|parteth out of this worlde.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Finally Crathlynt departed out of this life, after he had raigned .xxiiij. yeares, being muche prayſed aſwell for his politike gouernmẽt as for his great & earneſt zeale which he bare towards ye aduancement of the true Chriſtian religion.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 82] FIncormak that was hys vncles ſonne,Fincor|mak. ſucceeded him in the kingdom, and was placed on the ſtone of marble, to the great re|ioycing of al ye eſtates, who wiſſhed him a proſperous raigne, and long to cõtinue therin. EEBO page image 83 There liued in king Crathlynts dayes, a noble Chriſtian called Amphibalus a Brytaine borne,Amphibalus. who fleeing frõ the perſecutiõ then rayſed in his countrey,The church of S. Sauiour, o|therwiſe cal|led Sodoren|ſis Eccleſia. came vnto the ſame Crathlynt, & by him was created the firſt biſhop of S. Sauiours church in Man, this Amphibalus did very much good amongſt the Scots & Brytains in ſetting forth the word of life, & rooting out of their harts all ſuperſticious errours, of blinde gentilitie.