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being thus vertuouslie disposed, caused the whole number of his subiects by his example to be the better
affectioned towards the aduancement of religion. The report and same whereof mooued that holie man saint
Colme or Colombe, to come ouer foorth of Ireland (where he had the gouernance Saint
Co [...] comuneth ou [...] forth of Ire|land into Scotland. of sundrie houses of moonks) with twelue other ver|tuous
persons into Albion, and there gathering togi|ther a great number of moonks, being here and there dispersed
abroad in the countrie, he placed them orderlie in such houses, as king Conuall had builded and founded for
that purpose, appointing a|mongst them rulers & ministers, such as he thought most conuenient. But
saint Colme himselfe, and the other twelue, which he brought ouer with him from Ireland, placing themselues
to inhabit in the Ile of Iona, now called Colmekill, tooke great paines to instruct the Scots and Picts in
the true ar|ticles of the faith.
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Picts at the same time the heresie of The heresis of Pelagius in Pictland.
Pelagius had infected the minds of many, by meane that diuerse of that nation hauing dwelled a long time in
Britaine, returning into their countrie, brought that pestilent doctrine home with them, and taught it vnto
other. Saint Colme therefore infor|med hereof, passed into Louthian vnto Brudeus as then king of the Picts,
earnestlie trauelling to in|struct both him and his people in the right beliefe, and to extirpe out of their
hearts all erronious opinions of that damnable sect of the Pelagians lore. At the same time, that blessed
man Kentigerne, otherwise Kentigerne bishop of Gla [...] cow, other|wise called Mungo bi|shop of [...]asco. called Mungo, gouerned the church of Glascow, as bishop of the same, who resorting
into the companie of this saint Colme, had much conference with him, to both their comforts, concerning the
true articles of our faith.
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Kentigerne was descended of the bloud roi|all Thamew or Thametes r [...] uished by Eu|genius king of Scotland, of which ra|uishment she bare the fore|said
Kenti|gerne. of the Pictish kings, as son vnto that vertuous woman Thametes or Thamew, daughter
vnto Loth king of the Picts, whome a yoong lustie gentleman, or (as some haue written) the last mentioned
Eu|genius the Scotish king rauished by force, and be|got of hir the said Kentigerne. He was greatlie in
fauour with the foresaid Brudeus the Pictish king, as one that was néere of his bloud. For the same Brudeus
was nephue vnto the foresaid Loth by his brother called Melethon, and therefore succéeded in the kingdome of
the Picts, after that Mordred was EEBO page image 108 slaine, as before is expressed. Kentigerne went with
saint Colme vnto the castell of Calidon, otherwise The castell of Calidon now
Dounkeld. called Dounkeld, where they remained six moneths in a monasterie there, builded by king
Conuall, tea|ching and preaching vnto the people of Athole, Cali|don, and Angus, that in great numbers came
vnto them, to heare their godlie instructions. There is in the same place, where the said castell sometimes
stood, a church dedicated vnto saint Colme, built of faire square stone, being at this day a bishops see,
com|monlie called Dounkeld, indowed with manie faire The bishops seé of Doun|keld. reuenues and great possessions, for the maintenance of the bishop
and his canons.