Sentence:  Men and brethren, lett me frely speake unto you of the <WSD>patriarke</WSD> David: For he is both deed and buryed, and his sepulcre remayneth with us unto this daye. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  In Biblical contexts, a male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (from 13th c.)