Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 There hee became a Deacon, and at .xxv. yeares a Prieſt. The Archbiſhop for the fame and opinion of his worthineſſe receyued him to be aſ|ſiſtant to him in office, in the which he ſo behaued himſelfe, that he reformed ſuperſtitions, and reui|ued ye force of religion, namely in the vniformitie of their Church ſeruice, wherein before time they iarred.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 The famous Monaſterie of Banchor he re|edified of the patrimonie and legacies by his vncle left him.The Monaſte|rie of Banchor repaired. The ſame Monaſterie was of old time gouerned by Congellus, and after him by Co|lumbanus the father of many religious houſes in Fraunce.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Abbey being ſpoyled, and nintie of the brethren murthered in one day by the Prior, the poſſeſſions whereof being come to the handes of Malachias by his vncles aſſignement, he reſtored forthwith and aduaunced the foundation. At the age of .xxx. yeares, he was by canonicall election forced to accept the Biſhoprike of of Conereth, a people of all the Iriſh then moſt ſauage and wild, whome with ineſtimable trauaile he reclaymed from theyr beaſtly maners.