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their_o own_o estate_n and_o revenue_n and_o make_v many_o a_o hard_a shift_n even_o to_o the_o pawn_n of_o their_o jewel_n and_o mortgage_v of_o their_o land_n without_o a_o often_o call_v to_o the_o people_n for_o subsidy_n or_o other_o aid_n or_o assistance_n to_o preserve_v they_o and_o their_o estate_n and_o posterity_n nor_o take_v to_o themselves_o the_o liberty_n which_o many_o subject_n do_v to_o put_v into_o their_o account_n and_o bill_n of_o charge_n to_o their_o prince_n their_o damnum_fw-la emergens_fw-la damage_n happen_v by_o any_o service_n do_v for_o he_o or_o their_o country_n and_o many_o time_n their_o lucrum_fw-la cessans_fw-la gain_n or_o improvement_n lose_v though_o every_o man_n particular_a in_o the_o defence_n of_o their_o king_n and_o country_n be_v involve_v in_o the_o general_a &_o that_o the_o service_n be_v not_o altogether_o or_o immediate_o do_v or_o tender_v to_o he_o or_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o he_o or_o his_o estate_n only_o and_o posterity_n but_o as_o much_o if_o not_o more_o for_o their_o own_o concernment_n and_o think_v themselves_o to_o be_v ill_o deal_v with_o if_o they_o be_v not_o speedy_o and_o abundant_o reward_v to_o help_v on_o which_o consumption_n of_o the_o royal_a revenue_n 26._o come_v also_o the_o great_a charge_n which_o king_n charles_n the_o first_o upon_o who_o the_o decay_n of_o the_o royal_a revenue_n occasion_v by_o the_o necessity_n and_o indulgence_n of_o his_o predecessor_n at_o once_o fall_v may_v have_v make_v he_o cry_v out_o with_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o as_o the_o monk_n of_o st._n alban_n relate_v it_o seducor_fw-la undique_fw-la mutilatus_fw-la sum_fw-la rex_fw-la et_fw-la abbreviatus_fw-la be_v at_o in_o league_n and_o confederacy_n with_o foreign_a prince_n maintain_v army_n in_o the_o palatinate_n and_o germany_n aid_v the_o king_n of_o bohemia_n denmark_n and_o sweden_n engage_v in_o a_o war_n against_o spain_n and_o send_v a_o great_a fleet_n and_o army_n to_o 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