Question

According to the excerpt, what is the king’s salary?

pounds of sterling a year
In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which, in plain terms, is to [impoverish] the nation and set it together by the ears. A pretty business indeed for a man to be allowed eight hundred thousand sterling a year for, and worshipped into the bargain! Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.

Answer 1

Answer: 800,000

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Answer 2

eight hundred thousand sterling per year

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the excerpt, the king’s salary is "EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND STERLING per year."

This is evident where it was written in the excerpt that "...A pretty business indeed for a man (King) to be allowed EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND STERLING A YEAR for and worshipped into the bargain!..."