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 ful of mead he receives from the court for his provision. A horse always in attendance, he has from the king ; and a third of all the king's tithe he receives; and one of the three indispensable persons to the king is the priest of the household. A queen's priest has a horse always in attendance from the queen; and her offering and that of those who may belong to her he has three times every year. The offering of the queen however he receives at all times. The garment in which the queen does penance through Lent, her priest receives. The place of the queen's priest is to be opposite to her.

steward has the garment of the chief of the household in the three principal festivals ; and the garment of the steward, the bard of the household receives ; and the garment of the bard, the doorkeeper receives. The steward, when he shall ask, has the skin of a hart from the huntsmen from the middle of February until the end of a fortnight of May. When the steward comes to the court, the food and the drink is to be wholly according to his ruling. He shows every one his proper place in the hall. He apportions the lodgings. A horse always in attendance he has from the king, and his horse has two shares of the