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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12)

CHAPTER VII
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[65] Si quis emendationem oppidorum vel pontium vel profectionem militarem detrectaverit, compenset regi cxx solidis, ...

vel purget se, et nominentur ei xiv, et eligantur xi .-- Leges Cnuti, 62.
[66] Si accusatio sit, et purgatio male succedat, judicet Episcopus .-- Leges Cnuti, 53.
[67] Every man not privileged, whether he be paterfamilias, (heorthfest,[A]) or pedissequa, (folghere,[B]) must enter into the hundred and tithing, and all above twelve to swear he will not be a thief or consenting to a thief .-- Leges Cnuti, 19.
[A] Heorthfeste,--the same with Husfastene, i.e.the master of a family, from the Saxon, Hearthfaest, i.e.fixed to the house or hearth.
[B] The Folgheres, or Folgeres, were the menial servants or followers of the Husfastene, or Housekeepers .-- Bracton, Lib.III., Tract.

2, cap.

10.
Leges Hen.

I.cap.


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