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No career was open to his younger sons, except in the court, the Church, or the army, and here they monopolized the prizes, obtaining all the richer dioceses and abbeys, and all the promotion in the army. NO CAREER WAS OPEN TO HIS YOUNGER SONS EXCEPT IN THE COURT THE CHURCH OR THE ARMY AND HERE THEY MONOPOLIZED THE PRIZES OBTAINING ALL THE RICHER DICES AND ABBEYS AND ALL THE PROMOTION IN THE ARMY
ness of the king was beyond description, and the nobility retained about the court by the system established by Louis XIV. were, if not his equals in crime, equally callous to the suffering caused by the reckless expensiveness of the court, the whole cost of which was defrayed by the burghers and peasants. No taxes were asked from clergy or nobles, and this latter term included all sprung of a noble line to the utmost generation. The owner of an estate had no means of benefiting his tenants, even if he wished it; for all matters, even of local government, depended on the crown. All he could do was to draw his income from them, and he was often forced, either by poverty or by his expensive life, to strain to the utmost the old feudal system. If he lived at court, his expenses were heavy, and only partly met by his pension, likewise raised from the taxes paid by the poor farmer; if he lived in the country, he was a still greater tyrant, and was called by the people a _hobereau_, or kite. CE AND LICENTIOUSNESS OF THE KING WAS BEYOND DESCRIPTION AND THE NOBILITY RETAINED ABOUT THE COURT BY THE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH WERE IF NOT HIS EQUALS IN CRIME EQUALLY CALLOUS TO THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY THE RECKLESS EXPENSIVENESS OF THE COURT THE WHOLE COST OF WHICH WAS DEFRAYED BY THE BURGHERS AND PEASANTS NO TAXES WERE ASKED FROM CLERGY OR NOBLES AND THIS LATTER TERM INCLUDED ALL SPRUNG OF A NOBLE LINE TO THE UTMOST GENERATION THE OWNER OF AN ESTATE HAD NO MEANS OF BENEFITING HIS TENANTS EVEN IF HE WISHED IT FOR ALL MATTERS EVEN OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEPENDED ON THE CROWN ALL HE COULD DO WAS TO DRAW HIS INCOME FROM THEM AND HE WAS OFTEN FORCED EITHER BY POVERTY OR BY HIS EXPENSIVE LIFE TO STRAIN TO THE UTMOST THE OLD FEUDAL SYSTEM IF HE LIVED AT COURT HIS EXPENSES WERE HEAVY AND ONLY PARTLY MET BY HIS PENSION LIKEWISE RAISED FROM THE TAXES PAID BY THE POOR FARMER IF HE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY HE WAS A STILL GREATER TYRANT AND WAS CALLED BY THE PEOPLE A HOBBERO OR KITE
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