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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Otherwhiles haue they beene inforced to ſtampe naughtie money, to the great preiudice of the common wealth.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 All which miſchiefes haue followed ſithe the time that the Church hath beene thus enryched,The Churche enriched, and the crowne enpoueriſhed. The ſaying of king Iames the firſt. A ſoer Saint. and the crowne empoueriſhed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Therfore king Iames the firſt, when he came to king Dauid his Sepulture at Dunfirmling, he ſayd, that he was a ſoer Saint for the crown, meaning that he left the Church ouer riche, and the Crowne too poore.

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