Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sundrie ordinances hee made alſo, for the grieuous puniſhment of all ſuch as in any wyſe miſuſed a Prieſt, or other religious perſon: as he that gaue any of them a blowe, ſhould looſe hys hande for it: and he that ſlue one of them, ſhoulde forfeyte his gooddes, and be brent qui [...]ke. Againe, he beſtowed many riche iewels,Conuals libe|ralitie toward [...] Churches. and gaue diuerſe great giftes vnto Churches, prouiding the mi|niſters of ſufficient liuings, and appoynted that they ſhoulde haue theyr houſes neare vnto theyr Churches, to bee readie to execute that which ap|perteyned to theyr offices, when anye neede re|quyred.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The king beeing thus vertuouſly diſpoſed, cauſed the whole number of his ſubiectes by his enſample to be the better affectioned towards the aduauncement of religion. The report and fame wherof, moued that holy man Saint Colme, or Colombe,Saint Colme commeth o|uer forth of Ireland into Scotlande. to come ouer forth of Irelande (where hee had the gouernaunce of ſundrie houſes of Monks) with twelue other vertuous perſons in|to Albion, and there gathering togither a great number of Monkes, being here and there diſper|ſed abrode in the Countrey, [...]ee placed them or|derly in ſuch houſes, as king Conuall had buyl|ded and founded for that purpoſe, appoynting a|mongſt them rulers and miniſters, ſuche as hee thought moſt conuenient.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But Saint Colme himſelfe, and the other EEBO page image 137 twelue, whiche he brought ouer with him from Ireland, placing themſelues to inhabite in the Iſle of Iona, now called Colmekill, tooke great paynes to inſtruct the Scottes and Pictes in the true articles of the faith.