ANGLO-SAXON:

"Ines Cyninges Asetnisse..

Godes gyfe West Seaxana Cyning. mid getheahte
aredes mines faeder. And Heddes mines Bisceopes.
es mines Bisceopes. and mid eallum minum ealdor-
am yldestan witum minre theode. and eac mycelre
es theowas. waes smeagende be thaere haelo ura
am stathole ures rices thaet te ryht aewe, and ryhte
h ure fole gefaestenode. and getrymede waeron.
oldormanna, ne us undergetheodendra, aefter thaem
thaes ure domas..

Cap. 1. Be Godes theowas regole...

beodath thaet te Godes theowas heora ryht regole
iht healdan.. Aefter tham the beodath. thaet ealles
omas thus synd gehealdene. ·.

2. Be Cildum. •.

ryttigum nihta sy gefulwod. gif hit swa ne sy XXX
Gif hit thonne sy dead butan fulluhte. gebete

a thaem the he age..

3. Be sunnan daeges weorcum..

I, Ina, by God's and with the instr

Hedda, and of

my

the wise elders of
ministers, consulted
our kingdom, in or
people should be ce
any of our subject
made binding.

Cap. I. Cc
First we ordain
hold to it strictly.
the whole nation b

A child shall be
shillings shall be pa
pay for it with all

3

If a slave work c
and the lord shall p
work without his k

Gif theow mon wyrce on sunnan daeg. be his hlafordes haese. sy
he freo. and se hlaford sylle XXX scillinges. to wite.. Gif thonne
se theowa butan his gewitnesse wyrce. tholige his hyde. oththe his
hydgildes. Gif thonne se frigea thy daege wyrce butan his hlafor-hide-money.

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