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 The People in Country and Town 401 the lord will be at a loss of id. Thus his harrowing is of no value to the service of the lord. And he ought to carry the manure of the lord for 2 days with one cart, with his own 2 oxen, the value of the work being 8d. ; and he is to receive from the lord each day 3 meals at the value as above. And thus the service is worth 3d. clear. And he shall find one man for 2 days, for mowing the meadow of the lord, who can mow, by estimation, i acre and a half, the value of the mowing of an acre being 6d. : the sum is therefore gd. And he is to receive each day 3 meals of the value given above. And thus that mowing is worth 4d. clear. And he ought to gather and carry that same hay which he has cut, the price of the work being 3d. And he shall have from the lord 2 meals for i man, of the value of i^d. Thus the work will be worth i^d. clear. And he ought to carry the hay of the lord for i day with a cart and 3 animals of his own, the price of the work being 6d. And he shall have from the lord 3 meals of the value of 2^d. And thus the work is worth 3^d. clear. And he ought to carry in autumn beans or oats for 2 days with a cart and 3 animals of his own, the value of the work being i2d. And he shall receive from the lord each day 3 meals of the value given above. And thus the work is worth yd. clear. And he ought to carry wood from the woods of the lord as far as the manor, for two days in summer, with a cart and 3 animals of his own, the value of the work being gd. And he shall receive from the lord each day 3 meals of the price given above. And thus the work is worth 4d. clear. And he ought to find i man for 2 days to cut heath, the value of the work being 4d., and he shall have 3 meals each day of the value given above : and thus the lord will lose, if he receives the service, 3d. Thus that mowing is worth nothing to the service of the lord. And he ought to carry the heath which he has cut, the value of the work being 5d. And he shall receive from the