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in_o a_o certain_a familiar_a discourse_n with_o some_o young_a portugal_n gentlemn_a upon_o mention_n make_v of_o the_o eucharist_n he_o shall_v affirm_v that_o in_o his_o judgement_n austin_n be_v more_o inclinable_a to_o the_o party_n condemn_v by_o the_o roman_a church_n in_o that_o controversy_n there_o be_v also_o other_o witness_n produce_v against_o he_o as_o some_o year_n after_o it_o come_v to_o his_o knowledge_n viz._n john_n tolpin_n a_o norman_a and_o john_n ferrerius_n of_o sub-alpine_a liguria_n their_o testimony_n be_v that_o they_o have_v hear_v from_o divers_a creditable_a person_n that_o buchanan_n be_v not_o orthodox_n as_o to_o the_o roman_a faith_n and_o religion_n but_o to_o return_v to_o the_o matter_n after_o the_o inquisitor_n have_v weary_v both_o themselves_o and_o he_o for_o almost_o a_o year_n and_o a_o half_a at_o last_o that_o they_o may_v not_o seem_v to_o have_v causeless_o vex_v a_o man_n of_o some_o name_n and_o note_v in_o the_o world_n they_o shut_v he_o up_o in_o a_o monastery_n for_o some_o month_n there_o to_o be_v more_o exact_o discipline_v and_o instruct_v by_o the_o monk_n who_o to_o give_v they_o their_o due_n be_v man_n otherwise_o not_o uncivil_a or_o bad_a though_o ignorant_a of_o all_o religion_n it_o be_v principal_o at_o this_o time_n that_o he_o render_v most_o of_o david_n psalm_n into_o several_a sort_n of_o latin_a metre_n at_o last_o he_o be_v set_v at_o liberty_n and_o sue_v for_o a_o pass_n and_o accommodation_n from_o the_o king_n to_o return_v into_o france_n he_o be_v desire_v by_o he_o to_o stay_v where_o he_o be_v and_o he_o have_v a_o small_a parcel_n of_o money_n bestow_v upon_o he_o for_o his_o daily_a expense_n till_o some_o better_a provision_n may_v be_v make_v for_o his_o subsistence_n but_o he_o be_v tire_v out_o with_o delay_n as_o be_v put_v off_o to_o no_o certain_a time_n nor_o on_o any_o sure_a ground_n of_o hope_n have_v get_v the_o opportunity_n of_o passage_n in_o a_o ship_n then_o 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into_o italy_n by_o charles_n de_fw-fr cossé_fw-fr of_o brescia_n who_o then_o manage_v matter_n with_o prosperous_a success_n in_o the_o gallic_n and_o ligustic_a country_n about_o the_o po_n he_o abide_v with_o he_o and_o his_o son_n timoleon_n sometime_o in_o italy_n and_o sometime_o in_o france_n the_o space_n of_o five_o year_n till_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n one_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o the_o most_o part_n of_o which_o time_n he_o spend_v in_o the_o study_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n that_o so_o he_o may_v be_v able_a to_o make_v a_o more_o exact_a judgement_n of_o the_o controversy_n in_o religion_n which_o in_o those_o day_n do_v exercise_n the_o great_a part_n of_o men._n it_o be_v true_a those_o dispute_n be_v somewhat_o silence_v in_o scotland_n when_o that_o kingdom_n be_v free_v from_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o guise_n of_o france_n so_o he_o return_v thither_o and_o enter_v himself_o into_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n some_o of_o his_o write_n in_o former_a time_n be_v as_o it_o be_v redeem_a from_o a_o shipwreck_n be_v collect_v and_o publish_v by_o he_o the_o rest_n of_o they_o which_o be_v yet_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o friend_n he_o commit_v to_o the_o disposal_n of_o providence_n at_o present_a be_v in_o the_o seventy_o four_o year_n of_o his_o age_n he_o be_v in_o attendance_n on_o the_o education_n of_o james_n the_o six_o king_n of_o scotland_n to_o who_o he_o be_v appoint_v tutor_n in_o the_o year_n one_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o sixty_o five_o where_o be_v break_v with_o the_o infirmity_n of_o old_a age_n he_o belong_v for_o the_o desire_a haven_n of_o his_o rest._n he_o depart_v this_o life_n at_o edinburgh_n on_o the_o 28_o the_o day_n of_o september_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o salvation_n one_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o eighty_o two_n the_o name_n of_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n i._o fergus_n i._n pag._n 95._o ii_o feritharis_n p._n 97._o iii_o mainus_n p._n 98._o iv._o dornadilla_n ibid._n v._o nothatus_fw-la p._n 98._o vi_o reutherus_n p._n 99_o vii_o reutha_n p._n 101._o viii_o thereus_n ibid._n ix_o josina_n ibid._n x._o finnanus_fw-la p._n 102._o xi_o durstus_n ibid._n xii_o evenus_n p._n 103._o xiii_o gillus_n base_a born_n p._n 104._o fourteen_o evenus_n ii_o p._n 105._o xv._n ederus_n p._n 106._o xvi_o evenus_n iii_o p._n 107._o xvii_o metallanus_fw-la ibid._n xviii_o caratacus_n ibid._n xix_o corbr_v 1._o p._n 108._o xx._n dardanus_n ibid._n xxi_o corbr_v ii_o surname_v galdus_n p._n 109._o xxii_o luctacus_n p._n 111._o xxiii_o mogaldus_n p._n 112._o xxiv_o conarus_n p._n 113._o xxv_o ethodius_n i._n p._n 116._o xxvi_o satrael_n p._n 117._o xxvii_o donald_n i._n ibid._n xxviii_o ethodius_n ii_o p._n 119._o xxix_o athirco_fw-mi ibid._n xxx_o nathalocus_n p._n 120._o xxxi_o â—indochus_fw-la p._n 121._o xxxii_o donald_n ii_o p._n 122._o xxxiii_o donald_n iii_o p._n 123._o xxxiv_o crathilinthus_n ibid._n xxxv_o fincormachus_n p._n 125._o xxxvi_o romachus_n ibid._n xxxvii_o augusianus_n p._n 126._o xxxviii_o fethelmacus_n p._n 127._o thirty-nine_o eugenius_n i._n ibid._n xl._o fergus_n ii_o p._n 133._o xli_o eugenius_n ii_o p._n 138._o xlii_o dongardus_n p._n 144._o xliii_o constantin_n i._n p._n 145._o xliv_o congallus_n i._n p._n 147._o xlv_o goranus_n p._n 148._o xlvi_o eugenius_n iii_o p._n 154._o xlvii_o congallus_fw-la ii_o p._n 155._o xlviii_o kinnatellus_n ibid._n xlix_o aidanus_fw-la ibid._n l._n kenneth_n i._n p._n 158._o li._n eugenius_n iu._n ibid._n lii_o ferchard_n i._n ibid._n liii_o donald_n iu._n p._n 159._o liv._o ferchard_n ii_o p._n 160._o lv._o maldvinus_n ibid._n lvi_o eugenius_n v._o p._n 161_o lvii_o eugenius_n vi_o ibid._n lviii_o amberkelethus_n p._n 162._o lix_n eugenius_n vii_o ibid._n lx._n mordacus_n ibid._n lxi_o etâ—nus_n p._n 163._o lxii_o eugenius_n viii_o ibid._n lxiii_o fergus_n iii_o ibid._n lxiv_o solvathius_n p._n 164._o lxv_o achaius_n ibid._n lxvi_o congalâ—us_fw-la iii_o ibid._n lxvii_o dongalâ—us_n ibid._n lxviii_o alpinus_n ibid._n lxix_o kenneth_n ii_o p._n 167._o lxx_o donald_n v._o p._n 172._o lxxi_o constantin_n ii_o p._n 174._o lxxii_o ethus_n p._n 175._o lxxiii_o gregory_n ibid._n lxxiv_o donald_n vi_o p._n 78._o lxxv_o constantine_n iii_o p._n 179._o lxxvi_o malcolm_z i._o p._n 18â—_n lxvii_o judulfus_fw-la ibid._n lxxviii_o duffus_n p._n 182._o lxxix_o culenus_n p._n 184._o lxxx_o kenneth_n iii_o p._n 187._o lxxxi_o constantine_n iv._o surname_v the_o bald._n p._n 196._o lxxxii_o grimus_fw-la p._n 19â—_n lxxxiii_o malcolm_z ii_o p._n 200._o lxxxiv_o donald_n vii_o p._n 207._o lxxxv_o macbeth_z p._n 211._o lxxxvi_o malcolm_z iii_o p._n 224._o lxxxvii_o donald_n banus_fw-la viii_o p._n 220._o lxxxviii_o duncan_n ibid._n lxxxix_o edgar_z p._n 221._o xc_o alexander_n i._o surname_v acer_fw-la ibid._n xci_o david_n i._n p._n 222._o xcii_o malcolm_z iu_o p._n 227._o xciii_o william_n p._n 231._o xciv_o alexander_n ii_o p._n 237._o xcv_o alexander_n iii_o p._n 240._o xcvi_o 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