By Hercules, it would be more worthy of the human mind and the virtue of magistrates, because they enjoy more glory and honor than many others, if, when they assume the duties of office, they would exert themselves to observe and keep the precepts of God religiously and carefully, and provide for the welfare of Our subjects instead of grievously oppressing them. But for the reason that there are many of these officials who have a cruel and unjust disposition which leads them astray from the straight path of their duty, and, inducing them to practice tyranny and indulge their avarice, instead of devoting themselves to the cares of government, causes them to display a savage temper, the ancient law, with a view to restraining them, provided that Governors should not have the power to enter into marriage contracts or betrothals while in their provinces, though when establishing this rule with reference to their sons, grandsons, and other male descendants, it did not forbid the marriage of their daughters. Therefore We, with the intention of supplying what is deficient in an excellent law, have decreed that those who obtain the governorship of provinces shall be forbidden to give their daughters, or any other persons of the female sex, in marriage, in their own provinces, just as they are not allowed to permit the marriages of their sons, or any other male relatives, including the servants of their households. Why should this prohibition apply to their sons and other relatives of the male sex, and their daughters remain free from its observance, especially when the males can be useful in many ways, not only to themselves but also to their wives, and to others who are related to them ? For they can obtain offices, engage in trade, or undertake other things with a view to earning their livelihood, while women are not fitted for anything of this kind.