When the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and
the whole kingdom in danger, whether may not the King, by writ under
the Great Seal of England, command all the subjects of our kingdom
at their charge to provide and furnish such a number of ships, with
men, victuals, and munition, and for such time as we shall think
fit for the defence and safeguard of the kingdom from such danger
and peril, and by law compel the doing thereof, in case of refusal
or refractoriness: and whether in such a case is not the King the
sole judge both of the danger, and when and how the same is to be
prevented and avoided?