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 And then the life is two-thirds more in value than the flesh until the Feast of St. John of the Swine. From the Feast of St. John of the Swine until the calends of January, it is thirty pence in value ; and then the flesh is two-thirds more in value than the life. There is no legal worth on an autumn born sow until the end of the year ; when a yearling, it assumes the law of a grown sow (hwch mawr). Whoever shall sell swine, let him be answerable for the three diseases : the quinsey for three days, and the strangles for three months, and that they devour not their pigs ; and if they devour their pigs, [V resumes] let the third of their worth be returned again. If swine kill a person, let their owner pay the person's galanas, or let him disown the swine.

gosling, while it shall remain under its mother's wing, is a curt penny in value. From the time it goes from under its mother's wing until August, it is a legal penny in value. From August onwards, it is two legal pence in value, and then it is of the same worth as its mother. A hen is a curt penny in value. A cock is a curt penny in value.

A pound is the worth of a hawk's nest. Six