52 The slaves in the great houses had little rooms assigned them, called cellæ; whence the name of cell was transferred to the monk’s room in a convent. See further on this head, Just. Lipsius, Saturn. 1, cap. 14. These form strong presumptions against the marriage and propagation of the family slaves.

53 Tacitus blames it—De morib. Germ.

54 De fraterno amore. Seneca also approves of the exposing of sickly, infirm children (De ira, lib. i. cap. 15).