It must not be forgotten that these fantastical and vexatious laws were not imposed by authority, but that they were freely voted by all the persons interested, and that the manners of the community were even more austere and more puritanical than the laws.
Gainera, ez da ahaztu behar lege bitxi edo tiraniko hauek ez zirela goitik behera ezarriak; interesatuek berek askatasunez bozkatzen zituzten, eta ohiturak legeak baino ere zorrotzago eta puritanoagoak ziren.