Statutum, quod filii parentes alerent

Gratianus regnavit, qui statuit pro lege sub poena mortis, quod filii parentes suos alerent. Accidit, quod erant duo fratres ex uno patre. Unus filium habebat et vidit avunculum suum egentem. Statim secundum legem eum sustinebat contra voluntatem patris; et ideo pater suus eum a societate sua expulit. Verumtamen propter hoc non dimisit, quin avunculum egentem sustinuit et necessaria invenit. Factus est post haec avunculus dives, et pater cepit egere. Filius suus haec videns patrem aluit prohibente avunculo et ideo a societate avunculi est expulsus dicensque ei: "Carissime, tibi constat, quia aliquando egenus eram, et me sustinuisti contra voluntatem patris tui, et ideo te in filium et heredem accepi. Ingratus filius hereditatem non sequitur, sed filius adoptatus, sicut tu fuisti ingratus, quia contra praeceptum adoptantis aluisti." Filius respondit avunculo: "Nullus debet puniri pro eo, quod lex compellit. Sed lex naturalis et scripta compellit filium subvenire parentibus in neccessitate maxime ac eos honorare. Et ideo expelli ab hereditate de iure non debeo."

Commentarii
''1. quod – this sets up indirect speech. In medieval Latin, the accusative/infinitive setup for indirect speech is not common. This quod also takes subjunctive since it is showing purpose.''

2. quod – again, indirect statement

ūnus – one brother

habēbat…vīdit – the first subject is ūnus (see above), the other is the unstated fīlius

''5. post haec – after these things. haec is more often neuter plural than feminine singular''

6. haec vidēns – seeing this; vidēns, the participle, takes haec as its direct object and modifies fīlius

prohibente avunculō – with [his] uncle prohibiting; ablative absolute

7. dīcēns eī – saying to him; again a participle, but this time (oddly) modifying the uncle

cārissime – vocative

tibi – compliment of cōnstat

10. prō eō – for this; what the uncle just said

quod – because; not indirect speech

nātūrālis et scripta – the son makes a disticntion between two types of law

compellit – sets off indirect speech with accusative + infinitive