I'm having the same problem. And the consequence seems to be that you never have enough funds to create new units. I'm finding that by the time I get to the 2nd summer of the game, my Parliamentary armies have been decimated and there's no way to recover - are you finding the same?

I have just bought ECW and have tried to play it several times but each time face the same problem [as the parliamentary player]. There is never enough money to create new units even though more than half of the country, including many of the main towns, have declared for Parliament. On screen, ofte...