=IV. Concerning Those who are Guilty of Acts of Witchcraft, or any
Injury towards Men, Animals, or any kind of Property whatsoever.=
We decree, by the present law, that if any freeman or slave, of either
sex, should attempt to employ, or should employ, witchcraft, charms,
or incantations of any kind with intent to strike dumb, maim, or kill,
either men or animals; or injure anything movable; or should practice
said arts to the detriment of crops, vineyards, or trees; he shall
suffer in person and property the same damage he endeavored to inflict
upon others.[34]
TITLE III. CONCERNING ABORTION.
=I.= _Concerning Those who Administer Drugs for the Production
of Abortion._
=II.= _Where a Freeborn Man Causes a Freeborn Woman to Abort._
=III.= _Where a Freeborn Woman Causes another Freeborn Woman to
Abort._
=IV.= _Where a Freeborn Man Produces Abortion upon a Slave._
=V.= _Where a Slave Produces Abortion upon a Freeborn Woman._
=VI.= _Where a Slave Produces Abortion upon a Female Slave._
=VII.= _Concerning Those who Kill their Children before, or
after, they are Born._
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=I. Concerning Those who Administer Drugs for the Production of Abortion.=
If anyone should administer a potion to a pregnant woman to produce
abortion, and the child should die in consequence, the woman who took
such a potion, if she is a slave, shall receive two hundred lashes, and
if she is freeborn, she shall lose her rank, and shall be given as a
slave to whomever we may select.
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=II. Where a Freeborn Man Causes a Freeborn Woman to Abort.=
If anyone should cause a freeborn woman to abort by a blow, or by
any other means, and she should die from the injury, he shall be
punished for homicide. But if only an abortion should be produced
in consequence, and the woman should be in no wise injured; where
a freeman is known to have committed this act upon a freewoman,
and the child should be fully formed, he shall pay two hundred
_solidi_; otherwise, he shall pay a hundred _solidi_, by way
of satisfaction.
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=III. Where a Freeborn Woman Causes another Freeborn Woman to Abort.=
Where a freeborn woman, either by violence or by any other means,
causes another freeborn woman to abort, whether, or not, she should be
seriously injured as a result of said act, she shall undergo the same
penalty provided in the cases of freeborn men.
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=IV. Where a Freeborn Man Produces Abortion upon a Slave.=
Where a freeborn man produces abortion upon a female slave, he shall be
compelled to pay twenty _solidi_ to the master of the slave.
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=V. Where a Slave Produces Abortion upon a Freeborn Woman.=
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