You shortened the credit given to the crown to six months; you hung up the public credit of your kingdom by a thread; you refused to raise any taxes, whilst you confessed the public debt and public exigencies to be great and urgent beyond example.
Burke criticizes the financial decisions made by the crown, emphasizing their precariousness.
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