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    sics 18 PHILIPPINE PREWISTORY 220 Reaoines INP the death penalty. bot sent hin incre cep . certain amount of gold ugh be eeleased thereeor by paving # for the erie ve who commited adltery was, if he were one of the chi iy was inflicted pon any man rnished with deh pe concubine of ache Silay. the ba See ae eeieaaeed {caught in the act. If perchance he Band might hil the adler, ct pene Deed by ight, be was condemned f0 pay + ne In mower Sapte was done there as enmity between the TO aan espe ame Taw was in force among the MARS “Thin relnion was written by order of the governor of these Saands ies in Prinppine Gopcis , wooRO. (1) Reine in Pipe Frenstery, Mania + Pilwpiniare, Beck Guild. a CUSTOMS OF THE TAGALOGS By Juande Plasencia, OF iis reorte slvaye had chr, called by them detat, who governed them and were captains in thelr wars, and whom BI they obeyed and reverenced. The tubject who commited ny offese sgnnst them, or spoke but a word to their wives and thildren, was severely punished ‘There chile ruled over but few peopl: sometimes as many at a hundred howtes, sometimes even lees than thirty. This tribal gether ing called in Tagalog 4 baroesy. It was inferred thatthe reason for giving themseiver thin name arose from the fact (st they are clawed, by thelr Language, among the Maley ations) tht when they fame to this land, the head of the barangay, which is a boat, thus caled—as is dicussed at length inthe fist chapter of the frat ten chapler-—became a delo. And £0, even at the present day, iti Ssvcerained that this Barangay in is origin was a famly of pavents fod children, relations and saves. There were many of these baran {9 in each town, or, atleast, on account of wats, they did not rele far from one another. They were not, however subject to one anther except in friendship and relationship. The cies, in thei various ‘vars, helped one another with thei respective barangays In addition tothe chefs, who corresponded to our Knights, there were three castes: nobles, commoners and slaves. The nobles were the freeborn whos they eall maherlica. They did not pay tax ot tribute to the dato, but must secompany him in war, at their own expense, ‘The chie offered them belorchand a fast, and afterward they divided the spoils. Moreover, when the dato went upon the ‘water tose whom he summoned rowed for him. Tf he built « howe, they helped him, and had to be fed for it. The same was trot when the whole barangay went to clear up hi lands for tillage. The lands which they inhabited were divided among the whole barangay. expe- m | usoines 1m PHILIPPINE PRENISTORY a ew bis own. NO ay she wigan 1 aw anges would te ro ancther bara sia ye baanasy C2® my indict of 7 ct ee ne come frm se es Sever nr a yd om or 7 1 him to abandon it. ‘There are Cs a era de in Laas”) Sie may canoe Pa © OU bade rat of Ty id anol ene of heir etme See bslnine «teins. THE c on jvided, but owned in COmE lands on ae oo i be jak the time of at a ach new i on exact the eb wh Bs oe land. and Be cv ceo na = enc ee oof the rivers for markets. At these no one cou ii, and scion of Ten, oat papa forthe PTC fh de fhe chit’ barany oF ae co smamahay. They ar Ma, a Sa ie = toe coat ed = ead ta rac ie tn i and a The children, then, enioy the ak ca arte se made slaves (2a guiguili?) 90% OT to) a er oe i i eg 14 not be taken from ee os vt oie Sat Eee med rae Sect : we a oan oa ion of their harvests, £0 that crs ae ele ain 2 a ae se mas, wher Ee oar ands, 35 Bet 2 ated, “SS Nim hese mnpt The er nan They ve “rhe saves ae called oping 2,

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