Note 1093 — Chapter II · RETROSPECT.
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Ibidem, T. VI, p. 378.—Zanetornato, p. 88.
The subsidio was a grant from Paul IV to arm sixty galleys, a purpose which was speedily forgotten. The excusado was a grant from Paul V empowering the king to claim in each parish the tithe of the largest tithe-payer, but it led to difficulties in collecting and was commuted.