Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF PYRARD'S VOYAGE
- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA
- TITLE PAGE OF THE THIRD FRENCH EDITION
- DEDICATORY EPISTLE
- HEADINGS OF CHAPTERS
- THE VOYAGE OF FRANçOIS PYRARD
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- CHAPTER XXIX
- Map
CHAPTER XVII
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF PYRARD'S VOYAGE
- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA
- TITLE PAGE OF THE THIRD FRENCH EDITION
- DEDICATORY EPISTLE
- HEADINGS OF CHAPTERS
- THE VOYAGE OF FRANçOIS PYRARD
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- CHAPTER XXIX
- Map
Summary
The revenues of the king consist of his domains, many islands being held of him in seignory; next of the dues paid by his subjects of the produce of the land, that is to say, the fifth part of all grain sown; a certain share of the cocos and lemons has also to be paid; but they compound with him by a fixed annual contribution of honey or fruit. Besides these dues, the king imposes on his subjects an ordinary tax, according to their means, consisting of coco-cordage, of shells called Boly, of which I have spoken, and of dried fish in those islands where it more abounds and the fishing is best,–for they never pay him these dues and taxes in money, except when they buy rank or office, or the permission to don their braveries. Also he requires the inhabitants of the islands to make and furnish annually as much cotton-cloth as he delivers to them of raw cotton: this is for the use of the soldiers, to whom he gives these cloths three times a year, besides their pay.
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- The Voyage of François Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil , pp. 227 - 242Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1887