In  latter  times  slaves  used  to  be  freed  by  various  other  me-
thods :  by  letter  \^*  among  fiiends,^'  if  before  five  witnesses  a
master  ordered  his  slave  to  be  free ;  or  by  table,^*  if  a  master  bid


1  CJe.  Top.  2.  mh  10.
t  Cic.  Ccc.  34.  •.  98u
t  hone  bominem   libe>

rnm  ttse  rolo  mor«Tel

jure  Qairitiam.
4  Hon  Sat.  iL  7. 76.
5  Pert.  Sat.  r.  79.
6  aUpa,  laid*  is.  4.
whenoe,.  multo  majoria
alapc  maeain  reneant,
Bbertj  U  ioU,  &e.
Phadr.U.S.88.
7  e  Duuia  emittebat.
0  lir.    IL   A    wbntee
ulmo  perkMpm  rtadicMra
Jjt  UberUtem,  to  Ave  ;


multer,  modo  cpiam
Tindicta  redemit,  a
woman  lately  fread,
Or.  A.  iii.  615.
9  rerbta  directU.
10  Saet.  Aug.  35.
11  verbU  precativia.
18  hcref  hduciariua.
13  A  master  might,  by

tMtamant.  leave  (ne-
don  to  his  slave,  in
anyone  of  three  wavs :
Ainetly,  Ut,  hyonar'
lag  that  be  abotUd  be
fre»;    or,   Badiy^    hy
eommaoding  the  heir


to  mannmit  him;  or
indirectly,  3dly,  by>f-
^ieommtss.  or  aimple
request,  addressed  to
the  heir,  that  he  would
emancipate  the  slave.
The  two  first  modes
were  always  indefea-
sible by  the  heir ;  the
last,  it  was  for  some
time  thought  optional
to  him  to  fulfil  or  not;
bat  beqaeiti  of  this
nature  were  put  on  a
Jevel  with  direct  legn-
eiey,  befart  i he  time  of


the  yonnger  Pliar.    A
slave,   without   oeing
made  free  in  express
terms,  got  liberty  and
citisc-nship,  if  he,   by
order    of    cither    the
testator  or  the    he'r,
attended  his  maater's
funeral,  wearing    the
pifanf,  or  famied   bia
corpse  on  the  bier,—
Bl«Ar,p.\W.— T£.VJ,
U  per  «)fMlo\ax(i,
15  utter  am\eoa.
\t  per  nen&asa.
$t  KQKIK  UlTigUlTIEl.
