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THE LAW OF" THE WE8TGOTH8.
altar stone and altar, if these are all whole, the church may have the same
consecration, even though they repair it.
7.
The church is broken into, and the massrobes stolen, that is felony. That
la a nine marks case to the church, likewise to the county and to the king l.)
1. If entrance is made, when the doors are open, the priest shall make
good the loss, which the chnrch suffered, to the amount of three marks, and
not any more even if greater damage is done.
2. Is entrance effected by digging under the sill, then the priest is not
responsible.
3. The perpetrator is found, then he shall pay three marks to the priest,
when the church has had her all.
8.
A church burns, then shall the priest pay a fine of three marks. The priest
shall be responsible for the front candles 2), and for the hind candles 2) he who
lights them.
1. The church robes catch fire in a church from the front candles, then the
priest shall pay for them, what they are worth, up to three marks, not any
more, even if the injury is greater.
2. There is a dispute between the freeholder and the priest, says the
priest: "The freeholder lighted", and he denies, then let him bring forth a
twelfth oath, that he did not light, when he has testified, then the priest shall
pay the fine.
9.
The priest carries the mass robes home, and are they injured there, he shall
pay as they were worth, with a sworn oath, that they were not better.
10.
A bell hangs in a church, falls, hits some one on the head, the parish shall
pay a fine of nine marks — the trustee a freeholder — 8) if he, who was hurt
dies therefrom.
1) An equal fine should be paid to the county and to the king. SometimeB
fines of different amounts were paid to the different parties, but very often
they were as in the above case of the same amount to all.
2) Framlius, baklius: Front and hind candles. Framlius, candles so placed,
that they were in front of the priest, when he stood facing the altar. The
candles that were behind him, when in this position, were called baklius.
s) Kirkiu droten iorpeghandi: The trustee a freeholder. Evidently a
corruption of the text. Schlyter, Schwartz and Noreen refer at this place to V. 6.
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