The Society betwixt Masters and Servants.
Societas herilis.
[Illustration]
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.