SOM INHERITED A RUINOS FP FROM H, FALIED MAIN AIM OF MARRIAGE ALLIANCE, S ENGAGED IN A MILITARY STRATEGY UNAFFORDABLE AT A TIME OF ECON PRESSURE, N REDUCED FP EXPENDITURE AND STABILISED CROWN FINANCES , initially difficulites not reaally s's fault, but his approah was weak anyway, N releived some of the issues, unsuccessful, but in the context of the time, they avoided major fp failures.