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distance (to different villages) on the Sabbath. The individual who shall 
persist in following those prohibited occupations, shall be warned by the 
magistrates not to do so; but if he will not regard, he shall be set to 
work, such as making a piece of road fifty fathoms long, and two fathoms 
wide. If, after this, he work again on the Sabbath, let it be one 
furlong. 
VIII. Concerning Rebellion, or Stirring up War. 
The man who shall cause war to grow, shall secretly circulate false 
reports, shall secretly alienate the affections of the people from their law¬ 
ful sovereign, or any other means for actually promoting rebellion, the 
man who acts thus shall be brought to trial; and if convicted of stirring 
up rebellion, he shall be sent to his own district or island, and if he 
there again stir up rebellion, his sentence shall be a furlong of road. 
If he repeat the offence, he shall be banished to some distant island, such 
as Palmerston’s, and shall return only at the will or pleasure of the 
king. 
IX. Regarding Bigamy. 
It is not proper that one husband should have two wives, nor that one 
wife should have two husbands. In reference to the man who may have 
had two wives from a state of heathenism, let nothing be said, but let it 
remain; but if one of his wives die and the other remain, he shall not 
have two again. When a man obstinately persists in taking another 
wife, the magistrate shall cause his second wife to be separated from him ; 
and shall adjudge, to both, labour as a punishment. The man shall 
make a piece of road forty fathoms long, and two fathoms wide; and 
the woman shall make two floor-mats ; if not these, four wearing mats ; 
half for the king, and half for the governor (of the district.) 
X. Concerning a Wife formerly Forsaken. 
The man who, in a state of heathenism, forsook his wife and married 
another woman, shall not return to his former wife, neither shall the wife 
(having married another husband) return to the husband she forsook 
when in a state of heathenism. The man or the woman that shall persist 
to return, shall be punished; the punishment adjudged, shall be similar 
to that which is annexed to the breach of the ninth law. 
XI. Concerning Married Women, and Married Men. 
This law respects the crime of adultery. [It is unnecessary to give the 
details of its enactments; it requires pecuniary compensation for the 
offended party, and prohibits the offenders from marrying during the life 
of the injured individuals.] 
