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Page 109 - In Rochester, two for the king and one for the bishop. In London eight ; in Winchester six ; in Lewes two ; in Hastings one; another in Chichester; two in Southampton ; two in Wareham ; [one in Dorchester] ; two in Exeter; two at Shaftesbury, and one in [each of] the other boroughs
Page 5 - [Theft of] God's property and the Church's shall be compensated twelve fold ; a bishop's property eleven fold ; a priest's property nine fold ; a deacon's property six fold ; a clerk's property three fold. Breach of the peace shall be compensated doubly when it affects a church or a meeting place.
Page vii - thank the Syndics of the University Press for undertaking the publication of the book, and the staff for the efficient and obliging way in which the printing and corrections have been carried out.
Page 77 - run] up the Thames, and then up the Lea, and along the Lea to its source, then in a straight line to Bedford, and then up the Ouse to Watling Street.
Page 81 - This also is the legislation which King Alfred and King Guthrum, and afterwards King Edward and King Guthrum, enacted and agreed upon, when the English and the Danes unreservedly entered into relations of peace and friendship. The councillors
Page 41 - If a man from afar, or a stranger, travels through a wood off the highway and neither shouts nor blows a horn, he shall be assumed to be a thief, and as such may be either slain or put to ransom.
Page 29 - If a man from afar, or a stranger, quits the road, and neither shouts, nor blows a horn, he shall be assumed to be a thief, [and as such] may be either slain or put to ransom. THE
Page 83 - if he finds another [man] with his wedded wife, within closed doors or under the same blanket ; or [if he finds another man] with his legitimate daughter [or sister] ; or with his mother, if she has been given in lawful wedlock to his father.
Page 69 - If one man kills another unintentionally, [by allowing a tree to fall on him] while they are engaged on a common task, the tree shall be given to the [dead man's] kindred, and they shall remove it within 30 days from the locality. Otherwise, it shall be taken by him who owns the wood.
Page 123 - And if he seeks the king, or the archbishop, or a holy church of God, he shall have respite for nine days ; but let him seek [whomsoever or] whatsoever he may, unless he cannot be captured, he shall not be allowed to live longer, if the truth becomes known about him.