Note 111 — BOOK XVIII. (continued 2)
William Robson translation
How could the clergy be said to pay for these wars? What became of the vast sums raised by the sale of indulgences of all kinds? The clergy had the collecting of the offerings of the faithful, which we have seen was sometimes profitable. Besides, the barons and knights paid for their own and their vassals’ equipments as long as they had a coin left; then the king or leader, as Louis IX. did, sometimes helped them.—Trans.