The prisoner tells you, my Lords, that it was in consequence of this evil system, that the Nabob, from being a powerful prince, became reduced to a wretched dependant on the Company, and subject to all the evils of that degraded state,--subject to extortion, to indignity, to oppression.
Burke highlights the consequences of a corrupt system on the Nabob, illustrating the degradation of power and dignity.
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