Note 529 — X. OF THE SOVEREIGN AND THE STATE.487
Henri Van Laun translation
The commentators of La Bruyère do not explain why the subsidies to be granted to the king were lighter in the provinces. Can it be that in certain provinces, called pays dʼétat, the subsidies voted by the provincial states were smaller than those voted by the authorities appointed by the king in those provinces not belonging to the pays dʼétat, and called pays dʼélections?