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CAP. XXI.

[verse 1] These ben the domes, whiche thou schalt sette forth to hem [the puple IS.] . [verse 2] If thou biest an brew seruaunt, he schal serue thee sixe [in sixe A pr. m. et plures.] ȝeer; in the seuenthe [sixte K.] ȝeer he schal go [verse 3] out fre, with out prijs; with what maner clooth he entride, with siche clooth [Om. IS.] go he out; if he entride hauynge a wijf, and [also I.] the wijf schal go out to gidere [to gidere with him IS.] . [verse 4] But if the lord of the [a IS.] servaunt ȝaf a wijf [a wiyf, his owne seruaunt|esse, which is an hethen wom|man, and his seruauntesse for euere, for if sche were an Ebrew wom|man and thral, sche schulde go out fre with hir children in the seuenthe ȝeer. Lire here. CGKOQX.] to hym, and sche childide sones and douȝtris, the womman and hir children schulen be hir lordis; sotheli the seruaunt schal go out with his owne clooth. [verse 5] That [And IS.] if the seruaunt seith, Y loue my lord, and wijf [my wijf IS.] , [verse 6] and children, Y schal [wil I. schal, or wole S.] not go out fre; the [his IS.] lord brynge [shal brynge S.] hym to goddis, that is, iugis; [to preestis I. to iugis S.] and he schal be set to the dore, and postis [to the postis IS.] ; and the [his I.] lord schal perse his eere with a nal [an al IMNW.] , and he schal be seruaunt to hym til [Om. IS.] in to the world [world, that is, til to iubile ethere fiftithe ȝeer BCGNQX. world, that is, to the fiftithe ȝeer IKS.] . [verse 7] If ony man sillith his douȝter in to seruauntesse [a seruauntesse IS. to be a concubyne I marg.] , sche schal not go out as handmaidis [handmaidens KX.] weren wont to go [verse 8] out; if sche displesith in the iȝen of hir lord, to whom sche was bitakun, he schal delyuere hir; sotheli he schal not haue power to sille hir to an alien puple, if [thouȝ I.] he forsakith [forsake I. forsakith, or leeuith S.] hir. [verse 9] Forsothe if he weddith [lat wedde I.] hir to his sonne, he schal do to hir `bi [verse 10] the custom [aftir the maner I. by custom LS.] of [of his IL. as he doth to his S.] douȝtris; that [and IS.] if he [In Ebru it is thus, that if he take to him another wom|man, he shal not decreese exspencis and hilynge and hir our, that is, if he takith to him, that is, to his sone, an|other wyf with the handmayde takun bifore into wyf, he shal decreese spensis, that is, sufficient ly|flode in hir hylynge, that is, couenable clothinge, and hir our, that is, tyme to ȝelde dette, he shal not de|creesse this in withdrawynge fro hir for the tother wyf wed|did aboue, for thanne thei miȝten haue manye wyues togidere. Lyre here. GQX.] takith [take G. take with this hondmaide S.] another womman [wom|man, or wyf S.] to hym [his sone IS.] , he schal puruey to the damysele [damysele, or handmaide S.] weddingis, and clothis, and he schal not denye [denye hir IS.] the prijs of chastite [here chastite I. that sche hath lost bi him I marg. ch. that is, the houre of ȝeelding dett S.] . [verse 11] If he doith not [not to hir IS.] these thre, sche schal go out freli without money money. [verse 12] He that smytith a man, and wole sle [sle him IKS.] , die [die he IKS.] [verse 13] bi deeth; forsothe if a man settide [settith GLW. haue sett IS.] not aspies [spies R.] , but God `bitook hym [bitook, or suffride him to be take IS.] in to hise hondis, Y schal ordeyne a place to thee, whidur he [him IS.] owith to fle. [verse 14] If ony man sleeth

his neiȝbore bi [Om. DGOQRT.] biforecastyng, and bi [Om. GQ.] aspies, drawe thou hym awey fro myn auter, that he die. [verse 15] He that smytith his fadir, ether [or ELPS.] modir [his modir E.] , die [die he EKS.] by deeth. [verse 16] He that cursith his [Om. S.] fadir, ether [or BEPS.] modir, die [die he EKS.] bi deeth. [verse 17] He that stelith a man, and [or E.] sillith hym, if he is conuyt [quyit C.] of the [Om. MW.] gilt, die [die he EKS.] bi deeth. [verse 18] If men chiden, and the tother [oothir I.] smyte [smyteth plures.] his neiȝbore with a stoon, ether [or EPS.] with the [Om. S.] fist, and he is not deed, [verse 19] but liggith [lith ELP. liggith sijk S.] in the bed, if he risith, and goith forth on his staf, he that smoot schal be innocent; so netheles that he re|store hise trauelis, and costis [his costis IS.] in lechis. [verse 20] He that smytith his seruaunt, ether [or ELP.] hand|mayde, with a ȝerde, and thei ben deed in hise hondis, schal [he schal IS.] be gilti of cryme [the cryme, or hidous trespas IS.] . [verse 21] Sotheli if the seruaunt ouerlyueth [lyueth ouer this beeting IS.] o [in O A pr. m. et plures.] dai, ether [or EIPS. other L.] tweyne [in tweyne A pr. m. et plures.] , he [the smyter IS.] schal not be suget to peyne [the peyne IRS.] , `that is [Om. IS.] of deeth, for the seruaunt is his catel [maistris catel I. maister catel S.] . [verse 22] If men chiden, and a man smytith a womman with childe, and so|theli makith [he makith IS.] the child deed borun, but the womman ouerlyueth [lyueth ouer that smiting IS.] , he schal be su|get to the harm [harm, that is, to peyne for the harm BCGKOQX. harm, or peyne N.] , as myche as the `hose|bonde of the womman [wommans hosbonde I. womman h. S.] axith, and the [as the IS.] iugis demen. [verse 23] But [sotheli plures.] if the [the Om. cet. omnes.] deeth of hir [verse 24] sueth, he schal ȝelde lijf for lijf, iȝe for iȝe, tooth for tooth, hond for hond, foot for [verse 25] foot, brennyng for brennyng, wounde `with schedyng of blood [Om. I.] for wounde `with sched|yng of blood [Om. I.] , `a wan wounde for a wan wounde [soor for soor I. a wan w. that is, a bloo stroke, for a wan W. S.] . [verse 26] If a man smytith the iȝe of his seruaunt, ethir [or ELP.] of [of his IS.] handmaide, and makith hem oon iȝed, he schal delyuere hem fre for `the iȝe which he puttide [putte FM. smytide G.] out. [verse 27] Also [that that he smot out, either IS.] if he smytith [smite L.] out a tooth fro [of F.] his seruaunt, ethir [or ELP.] handmaide, in lijk maner he schal delyuere hem fre. [verse 28] If an oxe smytith with horn [his horn IS.] a [either IS.] man, ether [or EILPS.] a [a Om. A pr. m. et plures.] womman, and thei

ben deed, the oxe schal be oppressid [throwe doun I.] with stoonus, and hise fleischis [fleish IS.] schulen [schal I.] not be etun, and the lord of the oxe schal be in|nocent [giltlees I.] . [verse 29] That if the oxe was `a pultere with horn [a pilter w. h. B. a piltere w. h. F. a puttere w. h. DEGKLMNPQRTX. an horn puttere IS.] fro ȝisterdai and the thridde dai ago, and men warneden [warneden to A pr. m. DEFGLNPQRTX.] `the lord of hym [his lord IS.] , nether the lord closide hym, and he sleeth a man, ethir [Or ELP.] womman [a womman EILS.] , bothe the oxe schal be oppressid [throwe adoun I.] with stoonus, and [verse 30] thei schulen sle `the lord of hym [his lord IS.] ; that if prijs [the prijs I.] is [be IS.] put to the lord, he schal ȝyue for his lijf what euer he is axide. [verse 31] And if he smytith with horn a son [mannis son IS.] , and a [his IS.] douȝtir, he [his lord IS.] schal be suget to lijk [the same IS.] sentence. [verse 32] If the oxe asailith a seruaunt [man seruaunt S.] , and hand|maide [an handmaide IS.] , the lord of the oxe schal ȝyue thretti siclis [A sicle is XX. halpens. IS.] of siluer to `his lord [the lord of that seruaunt IS.] ; for|sothe the oxe schal be oppressid with stoonus. [verse 33] If ony man openeth a cisterne [cisterne or a putt IS.] , and diggith [diggith it IS.] , and hilith it not, and an oxe [verse 34] ether [or ELP. other F.] asse [an asse IS.] fallith in to it, the lord of the cisterne [cisterne, that is, maker therof S.] schal ȝelde the [Om. A pr. m. et plures.] prijs of the werk [Om. IS.] beestis; forsothe that that is [shal be G.] deed schal be his [his that paieth therfore IS.] . [verse 35] If another [oo L.] mannus oxe woundith [wounde IS.] the oxe of another man, and he is deed, thei schulen sille the quyke oxe, and thei schulen departe the prijs; forsothe [sothli I.] thei schulen departe bitwixe hem the karkeis of the deed oxe. [verse 36] Forsothe if his [the IS.] lord wiste, that the [his IS.] oxe was a puttere [pulter BCFOW.] fro ȝis|tirdai and the thridde dai ago, and kepte not him, he schal ȝelde oxe for oxe, and he schal take the hool carkeys [deed carkeys IS.] .