He bore the yoke of this imperious commerce with the utmost impatience: he saw his subjects excluded as aliens from their own trade, and the revenues of the prince overwhelmed in the ruin of the commerce of his dominions.
Burke highlights the suffering of a ruler who sees his subjects excluded from their own trade due to oppressive commerce.
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