the hall ; and the cushion which shall be under the king in the day, is to be under the head of the judge of the court in the night. [1]The lodging of the chief groom, and all the grooms with him, is to be the house nearest to the king's barn, because it is he who distributes the provender. [2]The lodging of the chief huntsman, and all the huntsmen with him, is to be the king's kiln house. [3]The lodging of the falconer is to be the king's barn, because the hawks do not like smoke. [4]The bed of the page of the chamber and the chambermaid, in the king's chamber they are to be. [5]The lodging of the doorkeepers is to be the porter's house. [6]The chief of the household has provision in his lodging, namely, three messes and three hornfuls of liquor from the court ; and he receives a perquisite (achyfarvs) every year from the king, to wit, three pounds. Of spoil which the household takes, he receives the share of two men if he be with them; and the ox which he shall choose from the third of the king. Whoever does wrong below the columns of the court, if the chief of the household catch him, by law, he receives a third of the dirwy or the camlwrw. If also he catches him at the entrance of the hall sooner than the
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