No Jew, of either sex, shall be permitted to marry a relative, either
on the side of the wife or the husband, within the sixth degree,
except according to the law imposed upon Christians; nor shall any
Jew commit the crime of incest by marriage with a near relation.
Those who violate the law by such an illicit union, shall undergo the
following punishment, to wit: having been separated from one another
each party shall receive a hundred lashes; they shall have their
heads shaved, be subjected to severe penance, and then be driven into
exile; their property shall be given to such children as they may have
had by a preceding marriage--provided the latter have been in no way
contaminated with the Jewish superstition, or polluted with the infamy
of incestuous marriage. If, however, they should have no children,
or, having them, the latter should be tainted with the Jewish error,
or with the crime of incest, as aforesaid, then the property of said
offender shall be forfeited to the king. The following, moreover, we
direct shall be carefully observed in every respect, namely: that if
any Jew, of either sex, after being converted, should desire to marry,
he or she shall not be allowed to do so, unless a dowry is given, and
a marriage contract entered into, as has been prescribed in the case
of Christians; nor shall such ceremony be permitted, where it is not
accompanied with the sacerdotal benediction within the bosom of the
Church. If any Jew should marry without the benediction of the Church,
as aforesaid, or should transgress, in any way, the provision of the
law relating to marriage contracts, said Jew, after purification by
baptism, shall be compelled to pay a hundred _solidi_ to the king,
or shall receive fifty lashes in public. Each of the persons aforesaid,
that is to say, the husband as well as the wife, shall be liable to
said penalty or fine; and the parents of said parties shall also be
liable to the same punishment for their infraction of the law.
=IX. Jews who Insult our Religion, while Attempting to Defend their own
Sect, shall not Betake themselves Elsewhere; nor shall Anyone Shelter
them while Fugitives.=
If any Jew should presume to offer an insult to the Christian religion;
or, by arguments, should induce anyone to abandon the Christian faith;
or should defend the weakness of his own sect; or, while fleeing from
the doctrines of the Christian religion, should conceal himself in any
part of our kingdom; or should escape to foreign countries, for the
purpose of concealment; or if anyone should offer a hiding-place to a
transgressor of this law, knowing he is a fugitive; any of said parties
guilty of any of the above-named offences, shall be punished with a
hundred lashes, have his head shaved, and, after his property has been
confiscated for the benefit of the king, shall be subjected to the
miseries of slavery.
=X. No Christian shall Accept a Gift from a Jew, to the Detriment of the
Christian Faith.=
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