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 somewhat of a threatening tone in reference to any proposed change. They warn women that if the oak and ivy theory is given up, what is called the old chivalry will die out, and they must no longer expect to be protected. And it is further urged that men would suffer, no less than women, from the absence of any demand upon their protective instincts. We are indebted to Mr Kingsley for a very clear and moderate statement of this view in a chapter of 'The Roman and the Teuton' on the Lombard Laws.

'It is to be remarked,' he says, 'that no free woman can live in Lombardy, or, I believe, in any Teutonic state, save under the "mundium" of some one. You should understand this word "mund."