Capitulare de Villis — Fish Rules (Clauses 21, 34, 44, 45, 62, 65)
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Cue
Clause 21
Clause 21
Comic Beat (legal cadence):
"Hearken! Let the steward keep the ponds — keep them where they were, swell them where they can swell!"
Facts (straight):
- Role: Steward — required to keep fishponds on our estates where they existed before.
- Task: Enlarge existing ponds and create new fishponds where practicable.
- Place/setting: Our estates; fishponds.
Summary: Stewards must maintain and expand fishponds on the estates.
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Clause 34
Clause 34
Comic Beat (legal cadence):
"Lo! Garum — that salty, fishy potion — shall be made with the utmost cleanness! Let no muddy hands near it!"
Facts (straight):
- Item: Garum (fish sauce) is named among things to be prepared carefully.
- Role: Stewards (and those making provisions) must ensure garum and other foods are prepared with great attention to cleanliness.
- Place/setting: Preparation tied to the steward's duties on the estates.
Summary: Garum must be produced cleanly under steward oversight.
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Clause 44
Clause 44
Comic Beat (legal cadence):
"Two-thirds for the ruler in Lent! Fish among the offerings — lined up, shipshape, and sent!"
Facts (straight):
- Setting: Lenten food collection (Lent).
- Requirement: Two thirds of Lenten food — explicitly including fish — must be sent each year for the ruler's use.
- Role: Stewards ensure these supplies (including fish) are gathered and sent.
Summary: Fish are part of the Lenten supplies that stewards send yearly to the ruler.
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Clause 45
Clause 45
Comic Beat (legal cadence):
"Let there be fishermen and net-makers in the steward's district — skilled hands, good nets, and steady haul!"
Facts (straight):
- Roles: Fishermen and net-makers are among the workmen every steward should have in his district.
- Place/setting: Steward's district — ensures local availability of fishing skill and nets for catching fish.
Summary: Stewards must keep fishermen and net-makers in their districts to support fishing needs.
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Clause 62
Clause 62
Comic Beat (legal cadence):
"Account! Account! Let the steward count the ponds and nets — gardens and fishponds, every last fin and fill of income!"
Facts (straight):
- Role: Each steward must make an annual statement of income.
- Included income sources: fishponds (listed with gardens and other produce) and the work of fishermen.
- Place/setting: Estates and gardens and fishponds are explicitly listed as sources to be reported.
Summary: Stewards report income from fishponds and fishermen in their annual accounts.
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Clause 65
Clause 65
Comic Beat (legal cadence):
"Fish out, fish in! Sell the catch, then stock again — always a supply, profit to the steward when the ruler is away!"
Facts (straight):
- Action: Fish from fishponds may be sold; the ponds must be restocked so supply is continuous.
- Condition: When the ruler does not visit the estates, stewards may sell the fish and earn profit for the ruler's benefit.
- Roles & places: Stewards manage sales and restocking on the estates and fishponds.
Summary: Stewards sell and restock fish from fishponds to keep supply and earn profit when the ruler is absent.
Quick Cornell Summary (cut into your Cornell notes summary area):
Stewards: keep, enlarge, create fishponds; ensure garum & fish-preparations are clean; maintain fishermen and net-makers in their districts; report fishpond income; sell & restock fish (profit for ruler when absent). Places/settings: estates, fishponds, gardens, district, Lent (Lenten food).
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