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Of these the former were often paid to the bishops, the latter to the parish priest. The tithes had in some cases been alienated by the church and were owned by lay proprietors. Bailly, ii. 414, 419. Boiteau, 41. Rambaud, ii. 58 n. The whole body of the clergy, as it existed within the boundaries of the kingdom, was not subject to the same rules and laws.
In addition to the amount necessary for interest on this debt, and for a provision for its gradual repayment, the order had various expenses to meet. For these purposes it taxed itself to an amount of more than ten million livres a year. On the other hand it received back from the king a subsidy of two and a half million livres. Sciout, i. 35. Boiteau, 195. Rambaud, ii. 44.
To make such a choice, to commit temporal suicide, the very young should surely not be admitted. Mathieu, 43. Chassin, 25. Boiteau, 176. Bailly, 421. Mme. d'Oberkirch, 127. Mme. de Genlis, Dict. des Etiquettes, i. Ill n., Le Comte de Fersen et la Cour de France, I. xxix. The secular clergy was about as numerous as the regular.
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