[L.: see FISC.] = FISC 1, 1 b.
1650. Jer. Taylor, Fun. Serm., 31. So have I seen a river, deep and smooth, passing with still foot and a sober face, and paying to the Fiscus, the great Exchequer of the Sea, and prince of all the watery bodies, a tribute large and full.
1861. Pearson, Early & Mid. Ages Eng., 195. The rights of the English treasury could be barred by no prescription, while four years were sufficient against the imperial fiscus.
