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 it, conidering they are to have half Pay, which we mut not expect them hereafter when they have lived in Riot and Luxury. Add to this, we have a good Prince, whoe Inclinations as well as Circumtances will oblige him to comply with the reaonable Deires of his Poeple. But let us not flatter ourelves, this will not be always o. If the Army hould be continued a few Years, they will be accounted part of the Prerogative, and 'twill be thought as great a violation to attempt the dibanding them, as the Guards in Charles the Second's time; it hall be interpreted a deign to dethrone the King, and be made an Argument for the keeping them up. But there are other Reaons yet: The public Neceities call upon us to contract our Charge, that we may be the ooner out of Debt and in a Condition to make a new War; and 'tis not the keeping great Armies on foot that will enable us to do o, but putting ourelves in a Capacity to pay them. We have had the experience of this in eight Years War; for we have not been uccesful againt France in one Battle, and yet we have weighed it down by meer natural Strength, as I have een a heavy Country Booby ometimes do a nimble Wretler: And by the ame Method (for our Policy, Oeconomy, or Conduct) we mut encounter them hereafter, and in order to it hould put ourelves in uch Circumtances, that our Enemies may dread a new Quarrel, which can be no otherwie done, but by leening our Expences, and paying off the public Engagements as fat as we are able. 'Tis a mierable thing to conider that we pay near 4000000 l. a Year upon the account of Funds, no part whereof can be applied to the public Service, un les they deign to hut up the Exchequer; which would not be very prudent to own. I would therefore ak ome of our Men of Management; uppoe there hould be a new War, how they propoe to maintain it? For we all now know the End of our Line, we have nothing left but a Land Tax, a Poll, and ome few Excies, if the Parliament can be prevailed upon to conent to them. And for once I will, uppo, that all together, with what will fall in a Twelvemonth, will amount to 3000000 l. and a half, which is not probably; and we will complement them, by uppoingt hey hall not in cae