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score pence is the worth of a hawk before mewing and whilst it shall be in the mew. If it is white after mewing, it is a pound in value. ^[1]The nest of a falcon is six score pence in value. A falcon before mewing and whilst it shall be in the mew, is three score pence in value. If it be white after mewing, it is six score pence in value. ^[2]The nest of a sparrow-hawk is twenty-four pence in value. ^[3]A sparrow-hawk before mewing and whilst it shall be in the mew, is twelve pence in value. If it be white after mewing, it is twenty-four pence in value. ^[4]The teithi of every female bird are, laying and hatching. The teithi of every male bird are, singing and impregnating. ^[5]There is no dirwy nor camlwrw for any winged creature although taken in theft ; but its legal worth is to be paid to the owner unless itself be found. ^[6]A stag is of the same worth and the same augmentation as an ox ; and a hind as a cow ; and a roe as a goat ; and a roebuck as a he-goat ; and a sow of a wood as a sow of a trev. ^[7]The judges of Howel the Good were not able to fix a legal worth on a badger, because during the year the swine were affected by the quinsey, it then obtained the status of a dog; and the year there was madness among the dogs, it

1. V 32 a 13
2. V 32 a 16
3. V 32 a 17
4. V 32 a 19
5. V 32 a 21
6. V 32 a 25
7. V 32 b 2