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12._o ascribe_v the_o law_n for_o the_o eye_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la oculum_fw-la eruerit_fw-la oculum_fw-la reo_fw-la pariter_fw-la eruito_fw-la to_o charondas_n king_n of_o the_o locrian_o surname_v thurius_n because_o he_o give_v law_n to_o the_o thurian_o or_o tyrian_n tiraquel_fw-fr in_o his_o note_n on_o alex._n ab_fw-la alex._n lib._n 6._o dier_z genial_a c._n 10._o and_o then_o as_o to_o that_o particular_a member_n the_o law_n be_v of_o a_o late_a date_n but_o leave_v these_o chronological_a inquiry_n because_o the_o heathen_a history_n of_o these_o time_n from_o which_o they_o be_v take_v be_v very_o uncertain_a according_a to_o the_o learned_a stillingfleet_n orig._n sacr._n cap._n 1._o in_o fin_n it_o be_v enough_o for_o our_o design_n that_o we_o find_v the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n among_o the_o grecian_n and_o no_o man_n will_v deny_v this_o who_o read_v aristotle_n dict_z l._n 5._o eth._n cap._n 5._o demosth_n in_o timocr_n diog._n laert._n lib._n 10._o and_o huetius_n dict_z prop._n 4._o c._n 11._o p._n 161._o be_v positive_a that_o the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n be_v one_o of_o the_o law_n which_o descend_v from_o the_o jew_n to_o the_o grecian_n &_o transmit_v by_o they_o to_o the_o roman_n in_o the_o xii_o table_n l._n 2._o §_o 44._o ff_n de_fw-fr orig_n jur_fw-fr anno_o v.c._n 300._o whereby_o it_o be_v agree_v that_o it_o be_v a_o law_n ancient_o among_o the_o grecian_n and_o that_o they_o honour_v it_o for_o its_o equity_n by_o ascribe_v the_o general_a law_n quod_fw-la cuique_fw-la fecit_fw-la patitur_fw-la to_o rhadamanthus_n and_o the_o particular_a law_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la oculum_fw-la eruerit_fw-la to_o charondas_n both_o fame_a for_o their_o equity_n and_o justice_n as_o virgil._n aeneid_n lib._n 6._o and_o the_o mythologist_n testify_v of_o the_o first_o and_z val._n maximus_n testify_v of_o the_o last_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o but_o by_o instance_v a_o heathenish_a piece_n of_o courage_n conclus_fw-la 4._o this_o law_n of_o retaliation_n be_v found_v upon_o natural_a equity_n which_o consist_v in_o observe_v equality_n between_o the_o crime_n and_o punishment_n this_o i_o prove_v by_o the_o follow_a argument_n argum._n 1._o common_a censent_fw-la of_o all_o nation_n in_o the_o receive_n a_o law_n be_v a_o good_a argument_n for_o its_o natural_a equity_n and_o all_o nation_n have_v agree_v to_o receive_v this_o law_n this_o we_o have_v already_o show_v as_o to_o the_o grecian_n and_o roman_n n._n 105._o supra_fw-la as_o for_o other_o nation_n their_o receive_v this_o law_n of_o retaliation_n see_v demp_v lib._n 9_o rosin_n in_o paraleip_v p._n 940._o cujac_n lib._n 7._o observe_v cap._n 13._o p._n aerodius_n rerum_fw-la judicat_fw-la lib._n 6._o tit_n 5._o the_o injur_n c._n 20._o forner_n lib._n 3._o select_a cap._n 28._o faber_n lib._n 3._o seme_a cap._n 19_o and_o covaruv_n var._n resolut_a lib_n 2._o cap._n 9_o moreover_o the_o author_n of_o particular_a text_n in_o the_o roman_a law_n be_v positive_a in_o this_o point_n of_o natural_a equity_n as_o ulpian_n in_o l._n 1._o ff_n quod_fw-la cuique_fw-la juris_fw-la who_o there_o say_v quis_fw-la aspernabitur_fw-la idem_fw-la jus_o sibi_fw-la dici_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la aliis_fw-la dixit_fw-la and_o the_o foresay_a joannes_n suarez_n dict_z cap._n n._n 7._o say_v that_o he_o believe_v the_o praetor_n introduce_v the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n against_o the_o magistrate_n who_o contrary_a to_o his_o duty_n decern_v unjust_o and_o therefore_o a_o anonymus_fw-la german_n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v jus_n ff_n illustratum_fw-la inscribe_v his_o note_n upon_o that_o title_n in_o these_o word_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la talionis_fw-la sive_fw-la retorsionis_fw-la see_v maranus_fw-la cujacius_n his_o scholar_n on_o the_o same_o title_n and_o s._n cacilius_n apud_fw-la a._n gell._n lib._n 20._o c._n 1._o dispute_v for_o the_o equity_n of_o the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n in_o the_o xii_o table_n against_o phavorinus_n have_v these_o word_n quae_fw-la obsecro_fw-la ista_fw-la est_fw-la acerbitas_fw-la si_fw-la idem_fw-la fiat_fw-la in_o te_fw-la quod_fw-la tute_n in_o alios_fw-la feceris_fw-la arg._n 2._o it_o be_v natural_a equity_n be_v assert_v by_o many_o great_a author_n as_o by_o s._n august_n lib._n 21._o de_fw-la civet_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 11._o expostulate_v with_o the_o gentile_n who_o labour_v from_o the_o natural_a equity_n of_o this_o law_n to_o confute_v the_o belief_n of_o eternal_a punishment_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v disproportional_a to_o a_o temporal_a sin_n not_o know_v that_o the_o sin_n be_v measure_v from_o its_o be_v against_o a_o eternal_a majesty_n infinite_a in_o justice_n of_o this_o opinion_n also_o be_v gratian_n in_o c._n paenas_fw-la 14._o qu._n 1._o &_o in_o c._n sex_n differentiae_fw-la 23._o q._n 3._o tertul._n lib_n de_fw-la patientia_fw-la cap._n 6._o origines_fw-la homil_n 10._o in_o exod_a d_o ambros_n lib._n 1_o officior_fw-la cap._n 48._o d._n valerianus_n in_o serm_n de_fw-mi bono_fw-mi disciplina_fw-la s._n isiodorus_n pelusiota_fw-la lib._n 2._o epist_n 133._o abulensis_n in_o