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Monitor Exposes Fall of King and Nation Under Decline
The passage accuses leaders of sloth and luxury, saying cowardice and effeminacy ruined manhood and reputation. It claims public affairs suffered as private interests corrupted governance, harming honour and riches, with French interference in navigation and commerce, and foreign dominions lost to treachery or negligence. Crown revenues were extorted by money-jobbers, leaving subjects oppressed as the king, surrounded by corrupt ministers, sank into decline and surrendered to invaders.