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You are not to sow with seed a piece of land which is planted with
vines, for it is enough that it supply nourishment to that plant, and be
not harassed by ploughing also. You are to plough your land with oxen,
and not to oblige other animals to come under the same yoke with them;
but to till your land with those beasts that are of the same kind with
each other. The seeds are also to be pure, and without mixture, and not
to be compounded of two or three sorts, since nature does not rejoice in
the union of things that are not in their own nature alike; nor are you
to permit beasts of different kinds to gender together, for there is reason
to fear that this unnatural abuse may extend from beasts of different kinds
to men, though it takes its first rise from evil practices about such smaller
things. Nor is any thing to be allowed, by imitation whereof any degree
of subversion may creep into the constitution. Nor do the laws neglect
small matters, but provide that even those may be managed after an unblamable
manner.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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