Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Saxons at the ſame tyme hauing ad|uertiſement what loſſe the Brytaynes had ſu|ſtayned not onely by the death of their moſt va|liant king and chieftaine Arthur, but alſo for the ſlaughter of ſuch a multitude of their nation, as died in the battail,The Saxons returne into England, and driue the Bry|taynes into Wales. they prepare a mightie name of ſhippes, and paſſe ouer with the ſame into Eng|land, where being landed, they eaſily beat downe the Brytaynes, and driue them with theyr king Conſtantine into Wales, ſo recouering all that part of the land which Hengiſt ſometymes held, & after his name was afterwards called Englãd.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Some haue written, how that after king Con|ſtantine had raigned certaine yeares in Wales, his wife and children died,Conſtantine forſaketh his earthly king|dome in hope of the heauẽly kingdome. wherevpon we [...]ing weary of this world, he forſooke his earthly king|dome, in hope of that other aboue, and ſecretly de|parted into Ireland, where applying himſelf for a time in miniſtring to the poore, at length beeing knowne, by the perſwaſion of a Monk he became one of his cote and profeſſion.Conſtantine entreth into religion. Afterwardes be|ing ſent by the Biſhop of the Dioces ouer into Scotland to inſtruct the people of that countrey in the true faith and articles of the chriſtian reli|gion,Conſtantine ſent forth of Irelande into Scotlande is there mur|thered. he there ſuffred martirdome by the hands of moſt wicked & godleſſe perſons, and was at lẽgth (but many yeares after his death) canonized a Saint, and ſundrie churches (as are to be ſeene e|uen vnto this day) built & dedicated vnto him in Scotland by authoritie of the Biſhops there.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame time that the ſayd Cõſtantine was EEBO page image 136 dryuen into Wales,Irmenrike, or Iurmirike king of the Engliſhe men. there raygned amongeſt the Engliſhe men one Iurmyrike the fifth (as Bede hath) from Hengiſt. The ſame Iurmy|ryke thoughe hee were not Chriſtened hym|ſelfe,Iurmirike con+cludeth a peace with the Scottiſh men and Pictes. yet hee permytted the Chriſtian fayth to bee preached amongeſt hys people, and conclu|ding a league with the Scottiſh men and Picts, kept the ſame inuiolate, during his life time moſt ſincerely.