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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fynnã biſhop. [figure appears here on page 149] In this Fer|quhardes daies Biſhop Aydan departed this worlde, & then was Fynnan ſente for, foorth of Scotland to take vppon him the gouernmẽt of the Churche of Lyndefern,Holy Iland. where the Biſhops of Northumberland as then had theyr ſee. This Fynnan was well learned, and no leſſe renowmed for his vertuous lyfe than his predeceſſour Aydan. He died anone af|ter the deceaſſe of Ferquhard,Biſhop Col|man conuer|ted the Saxõs. & then was Col|man remoued vnto that ſee of Lyndefern, who with his vertuous inſtructions and enſamples of holy life conuerted a great multitude of Saxons vnto the true worſhipping of the liuing God.Penda king of Mertia. And amongſt other was Penda ſonne to the former Penda, king of Mertia.