Ibid. P. [ 20 J guarded at Portfmouth, the Ifle of Wight, Dover, againft France ; fo " that an Invafion was fear'd on that " Side ; and, on the Scots Quarters, 3 " Berwick was in a woful Condition, cc wanting both Fortifications and Men. The Lord Keeper Bacon feem'd juftly fenfible of the unhappy State of Affairs, when he reprefented to theParliament " the great Decays and Lo%s of Ho- " nour, Strength, and Treafure, and " the Peril that happen'd to this Impe- " rial Crown of late Time. The mar- vcc ellous Wafle of the Revenue of the cc Crown, the ineftimable Conficmption c: of the Treafure levy'd both of the " Crown and of the Subjec` .; the ex- " ceedingLofs of Ammunition andAr- tillery; the great Lofs of divers Va- cc cc liant Gentlemen of good Service ; the incredible Sums of Money owing " at that prefent, and in Honour due to be paid, and the biting Interefl " that was to be anfwer'd for Forbear- " ance of this Debt." Nor did the Face of Affairs abroad look more fa- vourable for a Reformation, than thofe at home. So far was the Queen from being ftrengthened and fupported byany foreign Alliance, that the me confide- rabic Powers of Europe were ready to oppofe any fuch Defign. Her own Sub- Sub-
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