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 score pence is the worth of a hawk before mewing and whilst it shall be in the mew. If it is white after mewing, it is a pound in value. The nest of a falcon is six score pence in value. A falcon before mewing and whilst it shall be in the mew, is three score pence in value. If it be white after mewing, it is six score pence in value. The nest of a sparrow-hawk is twenty-four pence in value. A sparrow-hawk before mewing and whilst it shall be in the mew, is twelve pence in value. If it be white after mewing, it is twenty-four pence in value. The teithi of every female bird are, laying and hatching. The teithi of every male bird are, singing and impregnating. There is no dirwy nor camlwrw for any winged creature although taken in theft ; but its legal worth is to be paid to the owner unless itself be found. A stag is of the same worth and the same augmentation as an ox ; and a hind as a cow ; and a roe as a goat ; and a roebuck as a he-goat ; and a sow of a wood as a sow of a trev. The judges of Howel the Good were not able to fix a legal worth on a badger, because during the year the swine were affected by the quinsey, it then obtained the status of a dog; and the year there was madness among the dogs, it