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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 149Thus Ferquhard ended his life in the .xviij. yeare, after he began his reigne ouer the Scot|tiſh men,664. and in the yeare of grace .664.