Note 60 — Chapter II · THE MARK.
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On xii mónðum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa ⁊ xx hláfa, bútan morgemettum ⁊ nónmettum: in the course of twelve months thou shalt give thy þeów or serf, seven hundred and twenty loaves, besides morning meals and noon meals. Sal. and Sat. p. 192. We should perhaps read seven hundred and thirty, which would give daily two loaves, probably of rye or barley. Compare the allowances mentioned in the Rectitudines Singularum Personarum. Anc. Laws. Thorpe, i. 432 seq.