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38 THE BURGUNDIAN CODE from his flight and the slave is convicted of having stolen anything, let him (the master) make restitution in fee simple. 2. If a slave has committed the theft while under the dominion (in obsequio) of his master, and if he flees after committing the theft, let his master prove by oaths that he should not be held liable to punishment either for the theft or for the flight of the slave because of his own knowledge about the matter. But when he has given oath, nothing may then be sought from the master of the slave. 3. Indeed, those who seize fugitives must send them back to their masters; and besides that soliduswhich is due for a fugitive within the realm, he shall receive a solidus for a journey of one hundred miles on which he has sent some messenger or brought news of the matter himself. 4. But if he does not deliver him and the fugitive escapes, and if he has not delivered him within thirty days, let him absolve himself either by oaths as stated above, or let him pay fifteen solidi for the fugitive. XXI OF CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY SLAVES. 1. If anyone, Burgundian as well as Roman, lends money to a serf or slave without consulting his master, let him lose the money. 2. Indeed whoever has permitted a slave to exercise his assigned occupation in public as gold, silver, iron, or bronze smith, tailor or shoemaker, and perchance the slave destroys what he has receivedfrom anyone to work upon, let his master render satisfaction for the same, or if he chooses, let him give up the servant to the man who has suffered loss. The Latin here is not clear as to whether it means that the man will receive a solidus for each hundred miles which he travels, or whether he will receive a solidus for a journey of a hundred miles or more. The first alternative seems the more probable. ...
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