III. Whatsoever is done unto such is unpunish∣able.
The effects and consequences of this Right are infinite so that there is nothing so un∣lawful but the Lord may do it to his slave, as Seneca the Father notes* 1.1, there are no Torments but what may with impunity be imposed on them, nothing to be done but what they may be forced to do by all manner of rigour and severity; so that all kinds of cruelty may by the Law of Nations, without controul or appeal be exercised upon Captives, were it not that this licence is somewhat restrained by the Civil Law. It is universally indulged by all Nations, to the Lord to have power of life and death over his slave, saith Cajus the Lawyer; but he tells us withal, That the Roman Laws did limit other∣wise unbridled power within their own Territories. Quid non iustum Domino in servum? What may not the Lord do unto his slaves, saith Donatus upon Terence? yea,* 1.2 not only the person, but all that is taken with him are lawful prize, Ipse servus qui in potestate alte∣rius est, nihil suum potest habere; He that is a slave, saith Justinian,* 1.3 and under the pow∣er of another, can have right to nothing that was his before. So likewise Philo, He that is a