Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king at his arriuall amongst them minded not to pursue the people that followed their cap|teins, Maldw [...] went about for to punish the author of this commo|non. The capteins becam friends togither, and fled into the Iles. The Iland|men appre|hend the cap| [...]ns of the re|bels. but rather the capteins and authors of this tu|mult themselues. Whereof they hauing knowledge, made an attonement togither, being inforced there|to of necessitie, so to auoid the prepared punishment deuised by the king against them. And foorthwith they fled ouer into the Iles, but the inhabitants doubting the kings displeasure, would not consent to succour them, but contrariwise tooke them and de|liuered them to the kings officers, wherevpon they were safelie conueied to the places where they were borne, and there suffered their deserued execution. Thus that commotion vnaduisedlie begun, was spéedilie appeased, and the name of Maldwin by rea|son héereof so feared amongst his subiects, that du|ring his reigne no such trouble chanced in anie part of all his dominions.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After this he went ouer into Iona or Colmekill, He buildeth the church of the abbeie of Colmekill. where perceiuing the abbeie church, wherein his an|cestors had their sepultures, to be in decaie, he caused it to be pulled quite downe, and woorkemen foorth|with set in hand to build it vp againe, at his owne proper costes and charges. Such spéed also was vsed about this woorke, that before he departed out of this life, the same was finished, and dedicated vnto our Sauior Christ, and saint Colme. About the same time there reigned throughout the most part of the world A great pesti|lence & death vpon earth. a sore and gréenous pestilence, consuming a greater number of men (before it ceassed) than there were left aliue: for it continued the whole space of thrée yeeres togither. At length, through common praier, fastings, giuing of almes, & other vertuous woorks, the wrath of almightie God was pacified, so that such great mortalitie by his mercifull appointment did staie and giue ouer.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The Scotishmen were frée from that infection as Scotland was frée of the pestilence and plague. well at that time, as also for manie yéeres after. Nei|ther were they in manner troubled with anie sharpe feuers, or agues, till time that omitting the ancient and wholesome sparenesse of diet, which their fathers in times past had vsed, they fell vnto riotous banket|ting Riotousnesse the mother of sicknesses. and excessiue féeding, whereby they became sub|iect vnto all kinds of diseases, through malicious hu|mors growing thervpon. Colman bishop of Lindes|ferne séeing woonderfull numbers of Englishmen perish dailie of that contagious sicknesse, by licence of the king, to auoid the present danger of death, which by tarieng there he saw no meanes how to es|cape, returned into Scotland with his disciples, and after getting him ouer into one of the westerne Iles, he erected a monasterie there, wherein he re|mained Calman erec|ted a monaste| [...]e. during the residue of his life.