The famous and memorable works of Josephus ... / Faithfully translated out of the Latin, and French, by Thomas Lodge, Doctor in Physick.

Josephus

Date:: [1640]

Credit: The famous and memorable works of Josephus ... / Faithfully translated out of the Latin, and French, by Thomas Lodge, Doctor in Physick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$PR whereunto fhe cannot contradict. But he that without caufe, and rafhly fhall aceufe and flan- ¢ Sol | Taxe # der hiswife, hefhallbe punifhed with thirtie nine ftripes ; and in way of amends , fhall pay )| | aes ‘imps fiftie Sicles to her father. But ifit be proved that fhe hath been deflowred , and hath been || nativity, 147. common, then fhall fhe be ftoned to death, for that. fhe hath not chaftly conferved her vir- | LAWS ginitie, till thetime of her lawfull marriage; and if fhe be ofthe race of the Priefts,the fhall be burned alive. Z | | ed pet aia Ifany man have two wives, the one of which he holdeth in great honour and amity, either’ B d MEN. The ft be for love, or by reafon of her beautie,and that the other be not in the like condition,and efti- ge Li Eel hi Lars mate ; ifthe fonne of her thavis born be loved, demandeth to have the eee of the E m *. elder, whichis two portions ofthat which cometh to allthe reft by his fathers patrimonie, | it (for fo much import our Ordinances) and challengeth the fame, by reafonthat his father H | n ! tdt more dearly loveth his motherthen the other, let it not begranted him. For it is an act In mb : : | sits | tx 1 againft juftice, that the eldeft fhould be deprived of that which appertaineth unto him, be- d | caufe his mothers conditio is inferior to that ofthe others, by reafon of his fathers affection, | an Thepunit —— Whofoeverfhall violate a maiden, being betrothed toanother man, (if by perfwafionfhe M 5 ment of adul-. hath confented to lie with him) let her die with him, for they are both of them equally guil- dle E545 7S tie of finne: the man, becaufe he hath perfwaded the maiden to fuffer aninfufferable difho- | Eù Det. 223, Nour, and topreferre her luft before an honeft marriage; andthe maid, for fuffering her felf A 24. to be overcome, and abandoning her bodie to villanie, either for luft, or lucre fake. Butif | i } meeting her alone, he enforce her, & fhe have none to fuccour her hard by;let him die alone. I | RL | et OR Ur fhall deflowrethe virgin thatis unmarried,he fhall take her to wife: but if he con- | ke iM Ae ee ew” difcend not tothe father,to entertain herin wedlock,he fhall pay fiftie Sicles,foramends of dk gin. the injurie. Lin I Ifany man pretend to feparate himfelffrom his wife for certain caufes, fuch as ordinarily LEN | happenamongft married couples, let him confirm it in writing, That he willnever more en- ! ED i tertain her again ; and fo may fhe marry again untoanother,and refufe the former husband: | J TIE and if it happened that fhe were evill entreated by the fecond,or that he being dead, the firft 4 u ite i would take her again in marriage, itis not lawfullfor the wife to return unto him. a ! EN d ARR P Ifthe brother of him that is deceafed without iffue , taketo wife her whom his deceafed guo xu d ihe dead broe brother had married; and that the fonne which was born by his fecond wedlock; beareth hisK. ] ii i thermartied. name, let him be brought up asthe fucceffour of his inheritance, ( whichthingisgranted -* M pin P à for publique profit fake, tothe end that families fhould not come to ruine, and that the | goods fhould remain to thofe of the fame kindred.) Furthermore,itisallowedforthecom- 9 4} fill SED fort of afflicted women, that they may be joyned in marriage with the next akinne of their D 1 firft husbands. But if the brother will not take her to wife, fhe fhal repair unto the Senate,and HEPOoat make this proteftation, That the brother of her deceafed husband will not entertain her, ME dt (although fhe had defired to remain in that line, & bring forth infants unto him) des g,' 1 de 4 that by him onely the memorie of herdeceafed husband was difhonoured. And when the DE hi Tm Senate fhall have examined the caufe,why he eftrangeth himfelffrom this marriage, his ex- | ital : I n cufe thall be allowed of, how great or flight confequence foeveritbe ; and thenfhall thewi- E; EE md ii | \ dow unloofe his fhoe,and fpit in his face, and tell him, that he hath defervedly fuffered thefe EE tb ENTE things, inthat he hath injured the memorie of his dead brother. Andthus fhall he depart DE uni u out ofthe Court, being defamed for his whole life time, and the woman may marrie whom- wh | foever fhe lift. S lh | PHI: Marriage wih If any mantake a virgin prifoner,or fuch a one as hath beenalreadie married,and be defi- NE Ol E »bend-wo- roustotake herto his wife, it is not lawfüllfor him totouch orapproachher, before fuch HN 6 EE Dean, timeasfhe hath been fhaven, and (having put on her mourning apparell ) hath bewailed her | toh ub “33,13... parents,or friends flain in battell : but after fhe hath in this fort affwaged herforrow,fhe may À be | a&erwards addict her felfto mirth and marriage. For it isa matter both honeft and juft, that EE. the | he that entertaineth her, to have iffue by her, fhould condifcendunto her will, inalkthatM M ote le Thélomenci, Wherein he might gratifié her, and that he fhould not onely addict himfelf tothe purfuit e£ - M n B soci v his pleafure, When as thenthe thirtie diyes of mourning fhall be expired, (for that time is 0] Bur 1 Sicokrunie fudicicm for the wife to bewail her friends in) then may fhe hearkenafter marriage. Andif f| fell, E after he hath had his pleafure with her, it fortune that he miflike her, and will not accept her E] da) for his wife, he can no more make her his flave, but fhe may go whither-foever fhe pleafeth, TT lin; for that fhe beareth with her, her libertie. | | E] un. Drutasa8.ad . Allthofeyoung men that fhall make no reckoning of their fathers and mothets, and that ! liy 2i fhallnot do them that honour which belongeth unto them, ( whether the fame proceed of | in Pfebedieaces fhome orforing from folly, by which means they growtó neglecttheitdutie) thefe P P M,$