Compare 1587 edition: 1 Which verſes Balantine tranſlateth thus:
Saint Colme, Saint Patricke and Brigitta pure,Thir three in Dune lies in ane ſepulture.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Neither did Aydan the Scottiſhe king liue long time after,Aydan king of the Scottiſhe mẽ, departeth this worlde. for hearing (as is ſayde) that Saint Colme was dead, ſhortly therevpõ more through griefe, than by force of ſickeneſſe, he de|parted this worlde, after he had reygned .xxxvij. yeares in gouernaunce ouer the Scottiſh men, he died about the yeare of our Lorde .606.606.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the dayes of this Aydan there was ſente into Albion from Gregory the Pope of Rome,Auguſtinus & Mellitus ſonne into Albion. diuers learned men (amongſt whom were Au|guſtinus and Mellitus) to inſtruct the Engliſh people in the faith of Chriſt, whiche as yet they had not receyued. By the earneſt trauell and ex|hortation of theſe inſtructors,Ethelbert is baptiſed. Etherbert king of the Kentiſhe Saxons was baptiſed with all his people. The Brittiſhe prieſts nor their doctrine the Saxons could in nowiſe abide,The Saxons hatred toward the Brittiſhe Prieſtes. bicauſe (as is ſuppoſed) the one nation through a naturall ha|tred, ſtill ſought the deſtruction of the other.