Butsomethingstherebethatcanneitherbedividednorenjoyedincommon。Then，thelawofnaturewhichprescribethequityrequireth：
thattheentireright，orelsemakingtheusealternatethefirstpossession，bedeterminedbylot。Forequaldistributionisofthelawofnature；andothermeansofequaldistributioncannotbeimagined。
Oflotstherebetwosorts，arbitraryandnatural。Arbitraryisthatwhichisagreedonbythecompetitors；naturaliseitherprimogeniturewhichtheGreekcallskleronomia，whichsignifies，givenbylot，orfirstseizure。
Andthereforethosethingswhichcannotbeenjoyedincommon，nordivided，oughttobeadjudgedtothefirstpossessor；andinsomecasestothefirstborn，asacquiredbylot。
Itisalsoalawofnature：thatallmenthatmediatepeaceheallowedsafeconduct。Forthelawthatcommandethpeace，astheend，commandethintercession，asthemeans；andtointercessionthemeansissafeconduct。