Sithe whiche time it is knowen wel inough (ſayth he) what golde and ſiluer hath gone foorth of the realme for the purchaſing of ſpirituall pro|motions.

And therfore it is (as he alſo ſaith) to be doub|ted, leaſt the realme ſhal be brought to irrecoue|rable pouertie by continuall promotion of Pre|lates within theſe fewe yeares,Promotion of prelates. ſo as it ſhal be an eaſie pray to the enimies, ſithe it may not ſu|ſtayne ſo great charges, nowe (by reaſon hereof) in time of warres as it hath done in the dayes of our elders. Thus muche haue I taken foorth of the ſaide tranſlators wordes, and of Iohn Ma|ior his booke, touching the abuſe of ſpirituall mẽs poſſeſſions, the which both of them do earneſtly lament with many moe woordes in the place be|fore alledged, where they make mencion of king Dauid his great munificẽce towards the church.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But nowe to returne where I left, touching the hiſtorie, ye ſhall note that as I ſayde before, king Dauid had by his wife Mauld inheritour to parte of Northumberland, Cumberland and Huntington, a ſonne named Henry, who maried the Erle of Warrannes daughter,Earle of Wa|ranne. a lady of high parentage, as diſcended of moſt noble bloud both French and Engliſh.The iſſue of Henry. On whom he begat three ſonnes, Malcolme, William, and Dauid: alſo three daughters, Adhama, Margaret, & Maulde.