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Newspaper
Monthly Mercury
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 01, 1692
Page
15
The article notes theKing in consideration of Ireland’s poverty due to late wars has remitted to the clergy all their First Fruits from the start of royal advancement to the Crown through March next. It mentions duties on beer and liquors and affidavits for the King’s Bench and Exchequer.
Reflections praise the united English response to support the war against France after the King’s arrival. The piece argues that past frenzies and wasteful pleasures weakened England, while current duties and supplies show the nation and monarch aligned against France. It portrays France as vulnerable and England regains former glory through decisive action and unity.
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