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BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS 43 thermore, let the damage which was done be compounded by the master of the slave. 6. If he to whom the horses belong is found by the owner of the meadow, and attempts to resist when he is held to an accounting, and if he shall then be slain or injured, let him to whom the field or meadow belongs suffer no loss (legal accountability) therefrom . 7. If anyone has entered another's vineyard secretly or violently by day so that he causes loss, let him pay three solidi for this presumption; if a slave does this, let him be killed. 8, If anyone at night has entered a vineyard bearing fruit and has been killed by the keeper of the vineyard within the vineyard, let nothing be required by the master or relatives of the man killed. 9. If a native freeman steals a ploughshare by theft, let him be compelled to give to the master two oxen with yoke and attachments (harness); if a slave does this, let him receive one hundred fifty blows of a stick. XXVIII 1. If any Burgundian or Roman does not have forest land, let him have the right to cut wood for his own use from fallen trees or trees without fruit in anyone's forest, and let him not be driven away by the owner of the forest. 2. If perchance anyone fells a fruit-bearing tree in another's forest without the owner's permission,let him pay the owner of the forest one solidus for each tree he has cut. We command this to be observed also with regard to pines and fir trees. But if a slave does this, let him be beaten and let his master suffer no loss or blame. 3. If anyone does not permit a man to take the wood necessary for his use from the fallen trees or those not bearing fruit, and if the man seeking wood offers pledges to him, let the pledges be returned threefold, and let a fine of six solidi be paid. ...

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