XLVI
BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS 53 Given the 28th of May (502) at Lyons, Abienus uir clurissimw being consul. XLVI 1. It is fitting that those who create strife among our people or cause danger to men should be corrected reasonably by the prohibition of law. And therefore we order that from the present time anyone who sets a bow for the purpose of killing wolves should let those living round about know of it forthwith by giving warning on the same day. He should set up three bowstrings carefully so that they may serve as warning signs of the drawn bow, of which two (of the bowstrings) are placed higher up (above the ground). If these shall be touched by men coming upon them ignorantly, or by domestic animals, the bow will discharge the arrow harmlessly. 2. But if this has been done in the manner provided so that the set traps are known to those living round about, let him who set the bow sustain no criminal charges (calumniae) in the case of any native freeman who incautiously incurs death or injury from this cause; but he will take care to pay twenty-five solidi to the relatives of the man killed. 3. But if it is a slave who has been struck by the arrow, let him lie imavenged without any payment (i.e., uncompensated). 4. But if he who set the bow has not made it known to those living near by, and if the bowstrings were not placed with that care or in that manner which we ordered, and if any native freeman or slave has been killed, let him (who set the bow) be compelled by the judge to pay the entire wergeld according to the rank of the person to the relatives or master of him slain, according to the enactment of former laws. 1 C f .LXII. ...
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