Originally Portioned out as slaves, the Indians remain as servants.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
She was his lot Chosen from all and Portioned.
"The Trojan Women of Euripides"
Euripides
In spite of his parade of disinterestedness General Dupas yielded so far as to accept the twenty Louis a day for the expense of his table which M. Notting had offered him on the part of the Senate of Lubeck; but it was not without murmurings, complaints, and menaces that he made this generous concession; and he exclaimed more than once, "These fellows have Portioned out my allowance for me."
"Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, v10"
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne