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]Archaologi& Attic*. Lib, 5. Cap, 15. 233
or any one clse. And this was to be done after the manner of
a Will,signd and seald in the presenceof the Magistrate, as
their Willes were wont to be. Wbosoever was thus adop«
ted, mustbefirst made free of the City, and then be ascribd
into the Tribe (or fraternity) of him that adopted him.
But this Iast was to be done upon the feafl of q*fyfaitt in the
month o(Thargelio», and not at the ordinary time. Having
thus lest his old Tub: (which they were not bound to doe
among the Romans) he was not to returne to ic againe, till
he had begotten a child in the new. As for the mans estate
itpassed to another either ^ ylv©- by defcent, or xj< ha.^lw^
by venue os a tt>»7/.Now by Sohns laws (for before, their estate pcmst,
could not be convey'd but to those of the kindred) a man
might make any body his heire, of any estate that he had
which was not in conrroversy: but with these six qualificati-
ons. First, he bimselfemust be no Foole not Mad-man. 2 No
prisoner, soasto make his will against his will: for then it
could be no will. 3 No stranger, for then his estate went to
the common treasure. 4 No adopted man, for such a ^
ones estate {'if he wanted a child , was to pa sie to the * next *Vc^ss- Ai
of the Adopters kindred.) 5 Not perswaded thereunto by*"jc^;t 0.
his Wife: for such a one (saies my" author) (uxtty^Kit Jbr ijmpkiosum.
£1, is Huh better then a madman. 6 Not having a male
child of his owne j for then the inheritance should goe to
him. And if there were more Males then one, they were to
bei^'asy, copar ttsers, or )ojntte>ians. But in case he had no
male child at all, and dyed without a Will, the estate fell to
the nest Male of the Kindred. If he had but one Daughter,
in all, orif the Sons that he had, were not.;jHC7s/, sree borne
and legitimate: the Daughter was to be Ittm.w-©-, oxuovonny
vfa®, sole heire. And therefore in tssrisiopkanis %Avibtul
told Hercules, Mi»trvacou\d not possibly be «$$«s<^ to Ju-
fiter, if Mart and Vulcan were his legitimate sons:
—— TTWi O.V 7T571. ,8l
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or any one clse. And this was to be done after the manner of
a Will,signd and seald in the presenceof the Magistrate, as
their Willes were wont to be. Wbosoever was thus adop«
ted, mustbefirst made free of the City, and then be ascribd
into the Tribe (or fraternity) of him that adopted him.
But this Iast was to be done upon the feafl of q*fyfaitt in the
month o(Thargelio», and not at the ordinary time. Having
thus lest his old Tub: (which they were not bound to doe
among the Romans) he was not to returne to ic againe, till
he had begotten a child in the new. As for the mans estate
itpassed to another either ^ ylv©- by defcent, or xj< ha.^lw^
by venue os a tt>»7/.Now by Sohns laws (for before, their estate pcmst,
could not be convey'd but to those of the kindred) a man
might make any body his heire, of any estate that he had
which was not in conrroversy: but with these six qualificati-
ons. First, he bimselfemust be no Foole not Mad-man. 2 No
prisoner, soasto make his will against his will: for then it
could be no will. 3 No stranger, for then his estate went to
the common treasure. 4 No adopted man, for such a ^
ones estate {'if he wanted a child , was to pa sie to the * next *Vc^ss- Ai
of the Adopters kindred.) 5 Not perswaded thereunto by*"jc^;t 0.
his Wife: for such a one (saies my" author) (uxtty^Kit Jbr ijmpkiosum.
£1, is Huh better then a madman. 6 Not having a male
child of his owne j for then the inheritance should goe to
him. And if there were more Males then one, they were to
bei^'asy, copar ttsers, or )ojntte>ians. But in case he had no
male child at all, and dyed without a Will, the estate fell to
the nest Male of the Kindred. If he had but one Daughter,
in all, orif the Sons that he had, were not.;jHC7s/, sree borne
and legitimate: the Daughter was to be Ittm.w-©-, oxuovonny
vfa®, sole heire. And therefore in tssrisiopkanis %Avibtul
told Hercules, Mi»trvacou\d not possibly be «$$«s<^ to Ju-
fiter, if Mart and Vulcan were his legitimate sons:
—— TTWi O.V 7T571. ,8l
G g o"nv