Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length he landed in the north of Irelande, from whence he eſcaped ryght hardely with hys lyfe into the Iles adioyning,Paladius landed in Irelande. where hee prea|ched the Goſpell, and conuerted no ſmal number of Scots to the chriſtian beleef, and purged that part that was chriſtened from the infection of the Pelagians, as in the Scottiſhe hiſtorie more at large apereth. He was required by y^e Scots that inhabited here in Britayne, to leaue the Iles & to come ouer vnto them, there to inſtruct the people in the way of true ſaluation, to the whiche with the Popes licence, he ſeemed willyng ynough, and the Biſhop of Rome the more readily con|deſcended thereto, for that in the inſtante tyme when Paladius was to departe, one Patrike at|tended at Rome ſuyng for licence to be ſent in|to Irelande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Pope therefore graunted, that Paladius might paſſe ouer to the Scottes in Britayn,Patrike ſente into Ireland. and appoynted Patrike to goe with authoritie from hym into Ireland,Paladius apoin|ted to go into Scotland. where vpon his arriuall hee founde the people ſo well bent to heare his admo|nitions, contrarye to their accuſtomed froward|neſſe,The tovvard|neſſe of the I|rishmen to hear Patrikes prea|ching. that a man woulde haue thought that had ſcene their readineſſe, howe that the lande hadde bin reſerued for him to conuerte, and bycauſe it pleaſed God to beſtow ſuche an vniuerſall bene|fite to thys lande by his meanes, we haue thou|ghte good in following our Authour herein to touche ſome part of the courſe of his life.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Patrike in Latin called Patricius, was borne in the marches betwixte Englande and Scotland,VVhere ſaint Patrike vvas borne. in a towne by the ſea ſyde called Ey|burne, whoſe father hight Calphurnius, a Dea|con and ſonne to a Prieſt. His mother named Conches, was ſiſter to Saint Martine that fa|mous Biſhoppe of Towers in Fraunce.