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274 277. In ancient times, the mother had a right to punish her own children, for any offence, with death,; but if the father happened to kill his child by accident, he was punished with death by the clan of the mother. (unclear 336.) They in all cases punished accidental homicide, as well as murder, with death. But the infliction of this punishment, is left to the clan of the party who was slain, & satisfaction is sometimes made by presents. ___Tacitus de Mer: Germanorum Sec 21. Jos. Ant. B.7. ch. 8. Sec. 4. 2 Saml Ch 14. v. 7. And behold etc. quoted before.

    If the guilty person could not be reached, his nearest relatives sometimes became the victims in his stead. 
    "The shaking of hands is a token of friendship and the concurrence of two minds upon one & the same  unclear 
    Tacitus de Mersky Germanum, 12. Proverbs ch 17. v. 18. A man void of understanding unclear hands & unclear surety in presence of a friend.  Proverbs XXII. 27. Be not those one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.