The most splendid successes proved commonly fruitless when supported by so poor a revenue; and the debts and difficulties which the king thereby incurred, made him pay dear for his victories.

The civil administration, likewise, even in time of peace, could never be very regular, where the government was so ill enabled to support itself.
* Rymer, vol.x.p.

113.
** Rymer, vol.x.p.

190.
*** Parliamentary History, vol.ii.p.

168.
**** It appears from many passages of Rymer, particularly vol.ix p.