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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Many prudent men blame greatly the vn|meaſurable liberalitie of king Dauid, the which he vſed towardes the Churche,Liberalitie in king Dauid toward the Church re|proued. in diminiſhing ſo hugely the reuenues of the Crowne, beeing the cauſe that manye noble Princes his ſucceſſours haue come to their final endes, for that they haue beene conſtrayned through want of treaſure to mainteyne their royall eſtates, to procure the fall of ſundrie great houſes, to poſſeſſe theyr landes and liuings.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo to rayſe paymentes and exactions of the common people, to the vtter impoueriſhment of the realme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And ſometime haue they bene conſtrayned to inuade Englande by warres as deſperate men, not caring what came of their liues.

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