Compare 1587 edition: 1 His body was buried in Dunfermeling, after the incarnatiõ of Chriſt our ſauiour .1153.1153. yeares.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Howe farre this prince king Dauid excelled in noble vertues and ſober conuerſation of lyfe, I haue thought it better to paſſe ouer with ſilence, than to go about in few wordes to comprehende that, wherein if I ſhoulde ſpende muche time, I were not able yet in any wiſe worthily to per|forme: for where in ſuche caſes fewe things are ſlenderly ſhewed, the reſidue may ſeeme to be o|mitted through fault of the writer: but yet this is not to be forgotten that where his ſinguler pi|tifull regard whiche he had towardes the reliefe of the poore,His ſinguler pitie towardes the poore. paſſed all other his notable vertues, he purged his court alſo in ſuche wiſe of all vici|ous rule & miſordered cuſtomes,King Dauids court. yt his whole fa|mily was giuen onely to the exerciſe of vertue, no riotous banqueting nor ſurfeting cheare was vſed amongſt them, no laſciuious worde heard come foorth of any mans mouth, nor yet any wanton ſignes ſhewed to prouoke ſenſuall luſte or carnall concupiſcence.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Dauids ſeruantes.All the woordes, workes, and whole demea|nour of his ſeruaunts tended to ſome good con|cluſion. Nothing moued to ſtyrre ſtryfe or ſe|dition, but al things ordered in ſuche frendly and peaceable ſorte, that the chayne of brotherly loue ſeemed to haue linked them all in one minde and will.King Dauids example, a rule of godly li|uing. Such a rule was theyr maiſter king Da|uid vnto them and all other, to direct and frame a perfect and godly life after.