Excerpt from The Present State of the Nation: Particularly With Respect to Its Trade, Finances, &C., Addressed to the King and Both Houses of Parliament Britain the laf'c {he waged with the united power of the houfe of Bourbon. Her ar mies had frequently triumphed, and her fleets were every where victorious: her people, regardlefs of their burdens, were eager for the continuance of the war, and her trade feemed to flourifh the more for the taxes which were laid upon it. The expences of the [late were beyond all example but her fuccefles gained her credit, and her, credit gained her loans equal to her dif B burfements.6 state or the nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.