The 6th enjoins Pardon upon repentance, with a view (like the last) to peace.
The 7th enjoins that punishment is to be only for correction of the offender and direction of others; i.e., for profit and example, not for 'glorying in the hurt of another, tending to no end.' Against Cruelty.
The 8th is against Contumely, as provocative of dispeace.
The 9th is against Pride, and enjoins the acknowledgment of the equality of all men by nature. He is here very sarcastic against Aristotle, and asserts, in opposition to him, that all inequality of men arises from consent.
The 10th is, in like manner, against Arrogance, and in favour of Modesty. Men, in entering into peace, are to reserve no rights but such as they are willing shall be reserved by others.
The 11th enjoins Equity; the disposition, in a man trusted to judge, to distribute equally to each man what in reason belongs to him. Partiality 'deters men from the use of judges and arbitrators,' and is a cause of war.
The 12th enjoins the common, or the proportionable, use of things that cannot be distributed.
The 13th enjoins the resort to lot, when separate or common enjoyment is not possible; the 14th provides also for natural lot, meaning first possession or primogeniture.
The 15th demands safe conduct for mediators.
The 16th requires that parties at controversy shall submit their right to arbitration.