Compare 1587 edition: 1 And ſure his wordes proued true:The king is ſicke for within a moneth after, as the ſame Ferquhard followed in chaſe of a wolfe, the beaſte beeing enraged by purſuite of the houndes, flewe backe vppon the king, and ſnatching at him, did wounde & byte him righte ſore in one of his ſides; immediately wherevpon, whether thorough anguiſhe of his hurt, or by ſome other occaſion, he fel into a moſt filthie diſeaſe: for a venemous humoure with a ſoft conſuming heate, did ſo eate and waſte hys membres and limmes, that a lotheſome ſighte it was to beholde the ſame: for out of his legges, feete and priuie partes, there iſſued filthie corrup|tion and matter, with ſo vile a ſauour, that vn|neth myght any creature abide it. His belly was ſwollen as though hee had ben infected with the dropſy, & therto was it verie hard withal. Finally lyce bred ſo abundantly in his ſecrete partes that he might in no wiſe be rid or clenſed of them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length when he had ben vexed in this ſort for the ſpace of two yeares togither,He ſent for his confeſſor. or therea|boutes, he began to call himſelf to remembrãce, and to conſider how this puniſhment was wor|thyly fallen vpon him for his ſins, and thervpon cauſing biſhop Colman to be fetched vnto him, [figure appears here on page 148] being as then about .xx. myles off, he confeſſed vnto him the whole ſumme of his offences, de|claring himſelfe right penitent for the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The king be|ing excõ [...]u|nicated, is re|leaſed.Colman reioycing herat, did not only releaſe him of y^e ſentence of excõmunication, pronoũced againſt him, but alſo willed him to be of good cõ+fort, & to put his confidẽce in y^e mercy of almigh|tie god, who was ready to receiue al ſuch ſinners as turned vnto him with repentãt harts: ſo that being put in hope by theſe & y^e like words of Col|man to haue forgiueneſſe of his ſinnes, with bit|ter teares, he beſought God to haue mercie vpon him: & humbly receiuing the ſacrament, got him into ſimple clothing of heare & ſackclothe. Then cauſing himſelf to be born into y^e next fieldes,Ferquhard yeldeth vp the ghoſt. he there yelded vp the ghoſt in y^e preſente of Colmã who according to the dutie of a good ghoſtly fa|ther, was ſtil about him, in exhorting him to cõ|mit himſelf wholy to the mercy of God, & not to doubt but he ſhoulde be ſure to attayne the ſame.