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Lex Wisigothorum, iii, 6, 1 and 2, and iii, 4, 1. Leges Liutprandi, vi, 130. Einhard, Vita Kar.

Lex Wisigothorum, iv, 2, 15: Vir qui uxorem suam secundum sacram scripturam habet in potestate, similiter et in servis suis potestatem habebit, et omnia quae cum servis uxoris suae vel suis in expeditione acquisivit, in sua potestate permaneant. Lex Wisigothorum, iii, Tit. i, 6. Lex Ripuariorum, 37, 1. Leges Liutprandi, iv, 4. That is, for the common people.

Kings have always had a little way of doing as they pleased. See the anecdote of King Cusupald in Paulus' Hist. For all this see Lex Burgundionum, 34, 1-4. For all these, see Lex Wisigothorum, iii, 6, 1 and 2. Capitula Addita ad Legem Alemannorum, 30. Lex Baiuvariorum, vii, 14. Lex Ripuariorum, Tit., 35. Lex Baiuvariorum, vii. Lex Alemannorum, 51, 1.

Liutprand, i, 5: Si filiae aut sorores contra voluntatem patris aut fratris egerint, potestatem habet pater aut frater iudicandi res suas quomodo aut qualiter voluerit. Leges Liutprandi, vi, 119: si quis filiam suam aut sororem alii sponsare voluerit, habeat potestatem dandi cui voluerit, libero tamen homini. Lex Wisigothorum, iii, 1, 7 and 8. Leges Liutprandi, vi, 119.

Lex Angliorum et Werinorum, xiv: aut si campionem non habuerit, ipsa ad novem vomeres ignitos examinanda mittatur. Leges Liutprandi, vi, 140. Lex Wisigothorum, iii, 4, 16. See the interesting story of the girl who slew Duke Amalo, as narrated by Gregory of Tours, 9, 27. The bloody nature of the times is depicted naïvely by Gregory, Bishop of Tours, who wrote the history of the Franks.

Lex Wisigothorum, iv, 2, 7 and 9. Tacitus, Germania, 21. Legis Liutprandi, ii, 7. Lex Wisigothorum, iv, 5, I. Lex Alemannorum, Tit., i. Lex Baiuvariorum, Tit., i. Lex Wisigothorum, iv, 2, 20. Edictum Rotharis, i, 121. Lex Wisigothorum, iv, 2, 13. Cf. Capitula addita ad legem Alemannorum, 29. Lex Saxonum, viii, 2.

Et tunc ille, qui viduam accipere vult, cum tribus testibus qui adprobare debent, tres solidos aeque pensantes, et denarium habere debet, etc. Leges Liutprandi, ii, 1. Lex Wisigothorum, iii, 1, 2 and 3, and iii, 6, 3. E.g., 62 solidi by the Salic law, Tit., 70. See also Lex Baiuvariorum, Tit., vii, 15 and 16 and 17. Lex Alemannorum, 52, i; 53; 54.

Edictum Rotharis, 188: si puella libera aut vidua sine voluntate parentum ad maritum ambulaverit, liberum tamen, tunc maritus, qui eam acceperit uxorem, componat pro anagrip solidos XX et propter faidam alios XX. Lex Wisigothorum, iii, 2, 2. Ibid., iii, 2, 3. Lex Saxonum, vi, I: uxorem ducturus CCC solidos det parentibus eius. See also the lex Burgundionum, 66, I and 2 and 3.

Lex Baiuvariorum, xiv, 9, 1. Ibid., xiv, 6. For all this, see Lex Burgundionum, 24 and 62 and 74. Lex Wisigothorum, iv, Tit. 3. Lex Baiuvariorum, 14. Lex Alemannorum, 55 and 56. Lex Wisigothorum, iii, 3, 1. Lex Saxonum, iv.