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BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS 47 1. Whoever refuses his roof or hearth to a guest on arrival, let him be fined three solidi for the neglect. 2. If a member of the royal court be refused, let the amount of the fine be six solidi. 3. We wish it to be observed concerning the legates of foreign tribes, that wherever they take quarters, they have the right to expect one pig and one sheep; and let him who prohibits this from being done be compelled to pay a fine of six solidi. 4. And let him who made gifts to the legates be compensated by those who live within the boundaries of his village. 5. Moreover, if in the wintertime a legate asks for hay or barley, let this likewise be provided by those dwelling within the bounds of the village, Burgundian as well as Roman, without any refusal. We order this to be observed especially by people of higher rank. 6. If, however, he is a person who has been the beneficiary of our largesse and so can receive a legate, let him prepare a suitable lodging for a night for the legate at his own expense. But if he does not do this, let him know that a fine of twelve solidi must be paid. 1 Hospitality here is used in the more general or common sense meaning that reception or kindness which is shown to a temporary guest. We have here something which resembles the later feudal duty of entertainment required of a vassal or a tenant. Hospitalitas was not only permitted to o5cials who were in truste of the king, but it was also extended to legates from abroad charged with missions to the king. All such persons enjoyed the full hospitality which the law imposed on the inhabitants of the districts through which they travelled. Cf. Davoud-Oghlou, op. cit., I, 446. Indeed, the principle of hospitalitas seems to have been extended to all persons such as royal o5cers and personal legates who may be regarded as in truste of the king. These officials are apparently the Burgundian equivalents of the antrustiones among the Franks. Most of these officials were not only associated with the judicial system but also charged with administrative and police duties; furthermore, in time of war these trusted personal servants of the king acted as o5cers in command of the military forces, that is, the same officials acting in their military capacity in war may be described as in hoste, whereas in time of peace, they were declared to be i n truste in the sense of persons in the intimate personal retinue of the king who enjoyed his trust and confidence. ...

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