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 woman. Three vexations of the wise are: drunkenness, and adultery, and bad disposition. Three persons who are entitled to an advocate for them in court : a woman ; and one with natural impediment in speech ; and an alltud of foreign speech. The one person who is to is choose the advocate: a lord. Three animals whose acts towards brutes are not cognizable in law during their rutting season : a stallion ; and the bull of a trevgordd ; and a herd boar. Three animals which have no legal worth : an autumn born pig ; and a harrier ; and a badger. Three bloods not amenable in law are: blood from a scabby head ; and blood from the nostril ; and blood from teeth ; unless struck through anger. Three fires the results of which are not cognizable in law : the fire of heath-burning, from the middle of March to the middle of April ; and the fire of a bath in a trevgordd ; and the fire of a smithy which shall be nine paces distant from the trev, with a roof of broom or sods thereon. Three birds whose worth the king is to have wherever they are killed : an eagle, and a crane, and a raven. The owner of the land whereon they are killed is to have fifty [pence] from the person who kills them. Three vermin (pryf) whose worth