CXXI.

The Society betwixt Masters and Servants. Societas herilis.

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The _Master_ (_the goodman of the House_), 1. hath _Men-servants_, 2. _Herus_ (_Pater familias_), 1. habet _Famulos_ (_Servos_), 2. the _Mistress_ (_the good wife of the House_), 3. _Maidens_, 4. _Hera_ (_Mater familias_), 3. _Ancillas_, 4.

They appoint these their _Work_, 6. and divide _them their tasks_, 5. which are faithfully to be done by them Illi mandant his _Opera_, 6. & distribuunt _Laborum Pensa_, 5. quæ ab his fideliter sunt exsequenda without murmuring and loss: for which their _Wages_, and _Meat_ and _Drink_ is allowed them. sine murmure & dispendio; pro quo _Merces_ & _Alimonia_ præbentur ipsis.

A _Servant_ was heretofore a _Slave_, over whom the Master had power of life and death. _Servus_ olim erat _Mancipium_, in quem Domino potestas fuit vitæ & necis

At this day the poorer sort serve in a free manner, being hired for Wages. Hodiè pauperiores serviunt liberè, conducti mercede.