Sentence:  Therefore as one complaineth, that always in the Senate of Rome, [Cicero 5° de finibus.] there was one or other that called for an interpreter: so lest the Church be driven to the like <WSD>exigent</WSD>, it is necessary to have translations in a readiness. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.