Note 62 — Chapter IV · THE EARLY FRANKS

The law of the Lombards had a more elaborate system of fines for wounds than did the Salic code. For example, knocking out a man's front teeth was to be paid for at the rate of sixteen solidi per tooth; knocking out back teeth at the rate of eight solidi per tooth; fracturing an arm, sixteen solidi; cutting off a second finger, seventeen solidi; cutting off a great toe, six solidi; cutting off a little toe, two solidi; giving a blow with the fist, three solidi; with the palm of the hand, six solidi; and striking a person on the head so as to break bones, twelve solidi per bone. In the latter case the broken bones were to be counted "on this principle, that one bone shall be found large enough to make an audible sound when thrown against a shield at twelve feet distance on the road; the said feet to be measured from the foot of a man of moderate stature."