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a house stealthily and be laid hold of, his life will be forfeited. [1]A thief who is put to death is not to lose any of his chattels, because both reparation and punishment are not to be exacted ; only payment of the chattels to the loser because he ought not to leave behind an unsatisfied claim. [2]There is to be no galanas for a thief; and there is to be no recrimination between two kindreds on account of him (yrdaw[3]).

[4]A yew of a saint is a pound in value. An oak is six score pence in value. Whoever shall bore through an oak is to pay three score pence. [5]A branch of a mistletoe is three score pence in value. Every principal branch of the oak is thirty pence in value. [6]An apple tree is three score pence in value. A crab tree is thirty pence in value. [7]A hazel tree is fifteen pence in value. [8]Fifteen pence is the value of a yew of a wood. [9]A thorn is seven pence halfpenny in value. [10]Every tree after that is four legal pence in value except a beech tree. That is six score pence in value. [11]Whoever shall fell an oak on the king's highway, let him pay three kine camlwrw to the king, and the worth of the oak ; and let him clear the way for the king ; and when the king goes by, let him

  1. W 85 b 2
  2. W 85 b 6
  3. Originally, ẏrda6 or ẏrdaỼ
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  11. W 85 b 18