Footnotes
[31]
This law is very ancient among them. Attila, says Priscus, in
his embassy stopped in a certain place to marry Esca his daughter. "A
thing permitted," he adds, "by the laws of the Scythians," p. 22.
[32]
"History of the Tartars," part III, p. 256.
[33]
It was thus among the ancient Romans.
[34]
Among the Romans they had the same name; the cousins-german were
called brothers.
[35]
It was thus at Rome in the first ages, till the people made a
law to permit them; they were willing to favour a man extremely popular,
who had married his cousin-german. Plutarch's treatise entitled
"Questions Concerning the Affairs of the Romans."
[36]
"Collection of Voyages to the Indies," vol. v, part 1. An account of
the state of the isle of Formosa.
[37]
Koran, chapter "On Women."
[39]
They were considered as more honourable. See Philo, De
Specialibus legib. qu pertinet ad præcepta decalogi, p. 778, Paris, 1640.
[40]
See Leg. 8, "Cod. de incestis et inutilibus nuptiis."
[41]
"Edifying Letters," coll. xiv, p. 403.
