LES ENFANTS

Le(f. Wall. T. lU L. VIII. Cb. XI, o. 34, p. 8S1.

« Parents are to place a son under the hand of a priest when he shall be seven years of âge, and then he can commit and reçoive saraad ; and at the end of fourteeo years he is to become a lord's man ; at the âge of twenty one he is to take land from bis lord, and do military service for him, and pay daend to him thenoeforth as another man. »

Ihid., cod. Vened. T. I. L. H. Ch. 3$, n. 5, p. 303.

« From the time vtrhen a boy is born, until he shall be fourteen years of âge, he is to be at bis fother's platter, and bis father lord over him, and he is to receive no pu* nishment but Ihat of bis father; and he is not to possess one penny of bis property during that time, only in common with bis father. »

« At the end of fourteen years, the father is to bring bis son to the lord, and commend him to bis charge ; and then the youth is to become is man, and to be on the privilège of bis lord ; and he is himself to answer to every claim that may be made on him; and is to possess bis own property : thenceforward bis father is not to correct him, upon complaint made by the son against him, he is subject to dinoy, and bis to do him right for the saraad. »

« If the son die after fourteen years of âge, and leave no heir, bis lord is to possess ail bis property, and to be in the place of a son to him, and bis bouse become a