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 daughter. A pound and a half is her cowyll. Three pounds her agweddi.

he porter has his land free. In the castle behind the door is his house, and his maintenance he gets from the court. He receives a log of wood from every horseload of fuel which comes through the gate, and also a log from every cartload, to wit, such a log as he can pull with his one hand without impeding the progress of the horses or the oxen ; and although he cannot pull a single log of wood, yet he receives a log, but not the largest. Of the spoil of swine which comes to the gate, the porter has a sow, and it is not to be larger than he is able with his one hand to hold up by the bristles so that her feet shall not be lower than his knee. Of the spoil of cattle which comes to the gate, if there be a steer without a tail, the porter has it ; and he also has the last steer which comes to the gate, and the milt and the rectum of the cattle which shall be slaughtered in the kitchen. Four pence he gets from every prisoner who shall be lawfully imprisoned in the court.

t is necessary that the watchman should be a bonheddig gwlad, for in him confidence is placed by the king. His food he