They fled, by throngs, to church and monastery, and were happy, by enslaving themselves, to escape the more terrible bondage of the sea-kings.

During the brief dominion of the Norman Godfrey, every free Frisian was forced to wear a halter around his neck.

The lot of a Church-slave was freedom in comparison.

To kill him was punishable by a heavy fine.

He could give testimony in court, could inherit, could make a will, could even plead before the law, if law could be found.