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leave of the judge of the court, let him pay three kine camlwrw to the king ; and if the king shall be in the place, let him pay twofold. No one is to judge who does not know the Three Columns of Law, and the Worth of every Legal Animal. The judge of the court has a linen sheet from the queen regularly. A horse always in attendance he has from the king, and two shares for it of the provender ; and it is to be in the same stall as the king's horse daily. A groom of the rein brings his horse to him in proper order when he shall will it. He has his land free. He has small presents, when his office shall be pledged to him ; a throw-board from the king, and a gold ring from the queen ; and he is not to part with those presents either by sale or by gift. From the bard when he shall win a chair, the judge of the court has a bugle horn and a gold ring and the cushion which shall be placed under him in his chair. The judge of the court has twenty-four pence from every suit for sarhad and theft, from the one who shall escape from those charges. He has the tongue from the head which comes