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Show .:~4 PunijhmentJ not· capit,al. L I J:l· V. ~ ,r·secundum·idem, in identitie, when the ver}'fame ~ thing is re!tored which is wrongfully gotten. §. secundum ~quale, when there isfo mu~h ~or fo ·much. g 1 in quantity refiored, the goods un)uhly gotten ~ <' being fold or loft, . . . ri Secundum pofjibile, when. refhtutton ts made ae- ., & cording to tha~ which a man hath, not being ap: L ble to fat is fie the whole. Re{iitution in identitie, was, and is principally re·.. quired. Whence it is, that if the theft, whether Ox or SheeQ, were found alive upon a. man, he refiored but double, Exod.2 z ·4· but if they were killed or fold, then five Oxen were refiored for an . 0Jt·, and four foe.ep for a ilieep, Exod. 2 I. l. The 1eJ4?s were fo precife in this kind, that if they _had built an houfe with a beam or pi€ce of Timber unjufily. gotten , they 8DavilH.imcbi would pull down the houfe, and reltore the Ce)fame beam or piece to the owner. From this the Prophet Ha. h,af{ftul{ doth not much diffent : The jlo11e foall cry 9111 Df thq w~tll, 1J11d the beam out. of the timber fhall dnfwer it, Haba]{;'l.IJ.., Among the Jeft'!l h~ otight~ to ,be fold that·was-not of fufficient worth to make refiitution, Ekod.'l2. ~· f~Aug.~ Et;,fl.• (f) And Augitfline faith of ChriU:ians, That he which S'f~~ doth not.mtt4! rejJitutio11 according ts ·his a.bilitJ, never repented. And, Non .remitletur pec.cAINm1 nip rejiiua· tHr. abltttum. '1 alio. This was a punilbmeot in the fame ~ina,· an 1ft fur a11 eJe, and a-togth for A loolh) hand for ba11.d, ••afoiJt.forjt~ol., Duet •. 19. 2t. • I I ' l. I It V. PunifhmeniJ not capitlll. I ' Talio identitatis, or PJthagorica, 'which was ac~ cording to the letter of the Law, when the of:. ~ 1 fend_er was punifut with the lo(s of arz eJe, for V) -< putting ont anothers eye, e!J·c. · , ~ l Talio Jimilit11dinit. or an,llogica, which was when ~ the pr!ce of an eye, or fame proportionable §: mulct is paid for an eye put out, or any other • L member fpoiled. The (g). Hehrews un~erfiand Talio jimilitudinis, g Ocul~m pro-th~ t the prtr.e ef a mazm iliould be paid : not r alio ocul~, 1tl eft,. t~« J_ en t 't t · h h ffi d fL • preuum Dculr. t a z-:, not t at. t e o en er 1uould be puntfht Targ""' ]a":J f With the ltke maim; becaufe t·o ponifh like for Jike n11th. De"'· '9· in identitie, is in fome cafes impofiible · as if a blind H. Ir·i~· Solo· ' mon.r11'"• man pot out an others eye, or one toothlefs firike out anothers tooth. In· cafe of bodily ma}m·s therefore, the (h) Hehrew h vu. Munjlir. EJ.ofJors fay, that the par~y offending was bound to a Exoti,u, fivefold fatisfatJion: firfi, for the hurt in the lofs of the mem~~- Secondly., for the damage, in Iofs of his · . l-abour. Thtrdly, for hts pain or grief arifing from the wound. Fourthly, for the cha14ge in curing it. Fifth-ly, for the bletnifh or deformity thereby occafioned. Mnnft:r rendreth thofe five thus;Damnum, l~Jo, doloP~,. . .. medict~ta, confujlo-. The (i) Romans like wife had a 1 A Gtllllu /iJ~· l . . h . L b h 11 ,,, •• Ta to tnt en aw, ut t ey..alfo gave liberty to the offender to make choice, whether he would by way of commutation pay a proportionable mulct· or in identitie ~uffer th~ like maim in his ·body.? ' Scourgtng • . Tht~ was twofiJ/d ; e!ther 1/irgis, with ro~s;or ~agtUtJ., wuh fcourgtng. Th1s latter was more gnevous then the forme , as appeareth by that Doni· . cal fpeech; (4,) Porcia lex virgtH ah omnittm civi11m k_-c_t~ proR.~t· - ~~rpore amovt. , 'i ht .c m~;;r e;, rt•c or sf t Age lla retulil. Both were buto· · t-n.ufe amo.ng the Rqm11ns, but only the l~tter arnoag the .. : |
