Object. Oh but they tell us, the King hath borrowed Money to spend in the Wars, and pro∣mised to repay it, and that without any salvo of his Right: this is an Argument they think of con∣sideration.
Answ. 48 H. 3. 16 Patt. I know no Law that barreth the King from borrowing of Money, as he hath occasion. Is it not of necessity that the King must borrow, notwithstanding both ordi∣nary and extraordinary? Must the King carry Millions about him? His occasion may be such, that he must borrow, and also ••it it is, as it should be paid again. Doth any man think, that if the King borrow 10000 l. of any particular man, he must not be repaid again? 48 H. 3. no. 15, or 16. Power given to the Earl of Leicester to re∣sort to the City of London to have Money; great reason: Because it is the Chamber of the King; But the King's Money not being come in, de∣sireth to borrow so much of the City, and shall be paid when the other Money cometh in: the end was for the defence of the Kingdom; But therefore the King cannot command his Subjects Aid, because he borrows of his Subjects, is no Argument.