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 kiln of a taeog of a king is thirty pence in value if there be a legal house over it. A piped kiln of a taeog of a breyr is twenty four pence in value if there be a legal house over it. Every kiln which is not a piped kiln is half the value of those above, according to the status of their owners. Whoever shall kindle a fire within a kilnhouse, unless a pledge be taken from another in the presence of witnesses before he leaves it as to the extinguishing of the fire, or as to its being secure, the loss will be equal between them as they pay together. The first house which is burnt in the trev through negligence of fire, let it pay for the first two houses set on fire thereby. The loss is to be shared equally between the one who shall give the fire and the one who shall kindle it. Whoever shall lend a house with fire to another ; if the latter kindle a fire therein thrice, [the owner] shall receive from him the full pay if the house is burnt. If an accusation of the crime of burning stealthily be brought against a person, the oaths of fifty men will be necessary for him. If he obtain his rhaith, it will be sufficient for him ; if he obtains it not, he becomes a saleable thief. A saleable thief is worth seven pounds. If a thief be found burning