their trade with the East, i. 366 Venice, state inquisitors, i. 14, 52, 152, wisdom of its government, i. 49, note its laws against hereditary aristoc- racy, i. 112, note different tribunals, i. 153 __ Verres, corrupt conduct of, ii. 87 Vessels, build and burden of, i. 338 Vestal virgins, privileges granted to the, Villanage, taxes on people in a state Villains allowed to use only the baston in legal duels, ii. 118 Vines in Gaul, why rooted up by Domitain, i. 359 Virginia, tragedy of, i. 80, 171 Virtue essential in a popular state, i. the principles of a monarchical gov- ernment, i. 23 political and private, distinguished, in a political state, i. 39 MONTESQUIEU Visigoths, regulation of the, in favor of commerce, i. 363 law on adultery, ii. 76 their laws new-moulded by the clergy, ii. 93 ridiculous law against the Jews, ii. Voconian law, its provisions, ii. 62, 86 how evaded, ii. 87 falls into disuse, ii. 90 Volga, mistake of the ancients regard- ing the, i. 346 Voltaire, remark on a nobility by, i. 16, note on honors and distinctions, i. 25, note on Alcibiades, i. 42 on Montesquieu's public employ- ment, i. 69 War, not the natural state of mankind, commences when men congregate in society, i. 5 the right to wage war, i. 133 Warnacharius, mayor of the palace, ii. his death, ii. 224 Water, the common drink of the Arabs, Wealth, fictitious and representative, i.
Will, power of making a, ii. 83 how made at Rome, ii. 84 Wine, use of, why forbidden by Ma- homet, i. 228 Witchcraft, charges of, i. 188 Witnesses, different usage regarding, in England and in France, ii. 161 in legal duels, ii. 124 proof by, ii. 152 Wives, plurality of, i. 252 several orders of lawful, ii. 3 Women, their estate in different gov- ernments, i. 102 the domestic tribunal among the Romans, i. 103 punishments for incontinence, i. 105 dowries and nuptial advantages, i.
female administration, i. 108 in hot and in temperate climates, difference of their state, i. 251 their manners preserved by confine- ment in Turkey, i. 257 their depravity in Africa, i. 257 succession of, under the Roman not allowed the wager of battle, ii. Worship, external, its influence on re- ligion, ii. 46 its magnificence, ii. 46 its purity, ii. 47 Writing, laws fall into disuse from want of writing, ii. 104 Xenophon, lucrative arts contemned by, as unworthy of a free man, i. 38 his Banquet quoted, i. 109 Zozimus, his account of the court of Arcadius, i. 79