Sentence:  I promise you, the effects he writes of succeed unhappily: as of unnaturalness between the child and the parent; death, <WSD>dearth</WSD>, dissolutions of ancient amities; divisions in state, menaces and maledictions against king and nobles; needless diffidences, banishment of friends, dissipation of cohorts, nuptial breaches, and I know not what. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Scarcity; a lack or short supply.