Note 857 — Chapter VI · OLD ENGLISH WIFE-PURCHASE YIELDS TO FREE MARRIAGE
Reading edition
"Lito regis liceat uxorem emere, ubicunqui voluerit. Sed non liceat ullam foeminam vendere."—Lex saxonum, tit. 18: Walter, Corpus juris germ., I, 389. Tit. 6 fixes the price at 300 solidi: Walter, I, 386.