Thf^dlre d'agriculture^ Préface

1. Leur chiffre annuel dépassait un million d'écus (101]311Sfr. 12). Relation de G. Carew (ir,ii9), p. 434.

3. '( ... tbose, wbo are anywisc eminent for military or civil ableness» he bindeth tbem to thid obsequiousness by giving them pensions (of whicb there are a great number and well paid) so long as tbey continue in tbeir dutifulness. But upon the least disobedience tbey are sure to hâve tbeir pensions stopt, which uiaketh them very careful not to do any tbing against his will... tbey abandont heir counlry habitation and, witb two or three lackeys to attend them, follow the court. . their possessions remaining in the hands of their farmers, wbo pay ail taxes and yield their landlords so much the less rent... » Relation de G. Carew, 437.