Does his majesty engage in these conflicts?
Certainly not.

The war is maintained by taxes.

Does his majesty pay them?
No.

Thus we see that while the war is constitutionally the king's, it is practically the people's.
It follows, as a corollary--since you quote corollaries, brother Downright--that there are two wars--or the war of the prerogative, and the war of the fact.

Now, the prerogative is a constitutional principle--a very sacred one, certainly--but a fact is a thing that comes home to every monikin's fireside; and therefore the courts have decided, ever since the reign of Timid II., or ever since they dared, that the prerogative was one thing, and the law another." My brother Downright seemed a good deal perplexed by the distinctions of the court, and he concluded much sooner than he otherwise would have done; summing up the whole of his arguments, by showing, or attempting to show, that if the king had even these peculiar privileges, and nothing else, he must be supposed to have a memory.
The court now called upon the attorney-general to reply; but that person appeared to think his case strong enough as it was, and the matter, by agreement, was submitted to the jury, after a short charge from the bench.
"You are not to suffer your intellects to be confused, gentlemonikins, by the argument of the prisoner's counsel," concluded the chief-justice.
"He has done his duty, and it remains for you to be equally conscientious.