One by one, members of the Commons, speaking in turn at a lectern in the center of the chamber, added their charges and complaints. The King's councillors, they said, had grown rich at the cost of impoverishing the nation; they had deceived the King and wasted his revenues, causing the repeated demands for fresh subsidies. The people were too poor and feeble to endure further taxation. Let Parliament discuss instead how the King might maintain the war out of his own resources.
In the chamber, members of the Commons took turns voicing their grievances, accusing the King's advisors of accumulating wealth at the expense of the nation. They argued that these councillors had misled the King and squandered his resources, leading to a continual need for additional financial support from the populace. This situation had left the people exhausted and unable to bear any more heavy taxation.
Instead of imposing further taxes on an already struggling population, the members urged Parliament to consider alternatives. They proposed that the King look for ways to finance the ongoing war using his own means, highlighting the dire circumstances facing the nation and the need for better management of the King's resources.
