And should the war continue, and with it this unequal burthen, many of his majesty's subjects in this province will be reduced to want, and the province, if not lost to the enemy, involved in debt, and sunk under its load.
Franklin warns that the ongoing war and its burdens could lead to poverty and debt for the province's subjects.
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