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 the status of his office. A pound and a half is the worth of a well-formed bondman, if he originates from beyond the sea. If however he be maimed or too old or too young, that is, less than twenty years, he is one pound in value. If also he originates from this side of the sea, he is a pound in value, because he himself debased his status by willingly becoming a hireling. If a free man strike a bondman, let him pay him twelve pence ; six for three cubits of home-made white cloth to make him a coat for cutting furze in ; three for trowsers ; one for buskins and gloves ; one for a hedging-bill, or for a hatchet if he be a woodman ; one for a rope of twelve cubits. If a bondman strike a free man, it is just to cut off his right hand, or let the bondman's lord pay the person's sarhad. The protection of a bondman is as far as he throws his sickle. Whoever shall have connexion with a bondwoman without consent of her lord, let him pay twelve pence to the bondwoman's lord for each connexion. Whoever shall cause the pregnancy of a bondwoman who shall be on hire, let him give another in her place until she be delivered; and then let him cause the issue [to be nursed] and let the bondwoman return to her place ; and if she die