69. The Ripuarian law declares and defines this indulgence
in favour of the plaintiff (tit. xxxi. in tom. iv. p. 240);
and the same toleration is understood or expressed in all
the codes except that of the Visigoths of Spain. Tanta
diversitas legum (says Agobard in the ninth century) quanta
non solum in [singulis] regionibus, aut civitatibus, sed
etiam in multis domibus habetur. Nam plerumque contingit ut
simul eant aut sedeant quinque homines, et nullus eorum
communem legem cum altero habeat (in tom. vi. p. 356). He
foolishly proposes to introduce an uniformity of law as well
as of faith.