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John III 131
love of grandeur, he would take funds wherever they
were found, even such as were appropriated for the
most necessary purposes, such as payment of salaries.
John HI.
In consequence, taxes rose so high that many people
could not pay them and had to give up both houses and
land. "Where once were fields and meadows forests
are now growing, and they who for years were well-
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