But this prerogative of the crown seems to have been reserved rather for extorting money from the subject, than for the defence of the common liberty against such oppressive monopolies.

但是，王室的这种特权似乎是为了向臣民勒索金钱而保留的，而不是为了捍卫共同自由免受这种压迫性垄断的侵害。