[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.