Gesta Romanorum 2 statutum, quod filii parentes alerent

Gratianus regnavit, qui statuit pro lege sub poena mortis, quod filii parentes suos alerent. Accidit, quod erant duo fratres ex uno patre. Unus filium habebat et vidit avunculum suum egentem. Statim secundum legem eum sustinebat contra voluntatem patris; et ideo pater suus eum a societate sua expulit. Verumtamen propter hoc non dimisit, quin avunculum egentem sustinuit et necessaria invenit. Factus est post haec avunculus dives, et pater cepit egere. Filius suus haec videns patrem aluit prohibente avunculo et ideo a societate avunculi est expulsus dicensque ei: "Carissime, tibi constat, quia aliquando egenus eram, et me sustinuisti contra voluntatem patris tui, et ideo te in filium et heredem accepi. Ingratus filius hereditatem non sequitur, sed filius adoptatus, sicut tu fuisti ingratus, quia contra praeceptum adoptantis aluisti." Filius respondit avunculo: "Nullus debet puniri pro eo, quod lex compellit. Sed lex naturalis et scripta compellit filium subvenire parentibus in neccessitate maxime ac eos honorare. Et ideo expelli ab hereditate de iure non debeo." 10 5

adopt (1) to adopt avunculus, 2m uncle (mother's brother in antiquity) compell, ere, pul, pulsum to compel cnst, re, stet, statum to agree, stand by egnus, a, um adj indigent ege, re, egu + gen/abl to lack expell, ere, pul, pulsum to push out Gratianus, m Gratianus, mythical king hres, edis m/f heir, heiress hrdis, ttis f legacy 1. quod this sets up indirect speech. In medieval Latin, the accusative/infinitive setup for indirect speech is not common. This quod also takes subjunctive since it is showing purpose. 2. quod again, indirect statement nus one brother habbatvdit the first subject is nus (see above), the other is the unstated flius 5. post haec after these things. haec is more often neuter plural than feminine singular 6. haec vidns seeing this; vidns, the participle, takes haec as its direct object and modifies flius

honr (1) to honor ntrlis, e adj natural necessrius, a, um adj necessary pni (4) to punish quod conj that rgn (1) to rule secundum prep + acc according to societs, ttis f company, partnership subveni, re, vni, ventum to assist vrumtamen conj however prohibente avuncul with [his] uncle prohibiting; ablative absolute 7. dcns e saying to him; again a participle, but this time (oddly) modifying the uncle crissime vocative tibi compliment of cnstat 10. pr e for this; what the uncle just said quod because; not indirect speech ntrlis et scripta the son makes a disticntion between two types of law compellit sets off indirect speech with accusative + infinitive