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for he must answer to the auditors on the account for 

 his doings and for his commandments and approvements 

 done by him on the manors and for necessary expenses, 

 just as another. Let the bailiff and the provost be 

 united to render their account of each manor fully, for all 

 things relating to the manors in rents, outlays, and all 

 other returns, for it is not right that the provost, who is 

 the lord's chattel, and who reasonably must know much 

 less than the bailiff, should be punished or answer for the 

 doings of the bailiff, as the bailiff is in the pay of the lord 

 and in commandments and advantages and presents is his 

 head and superior, and ought by his sense and instruction 

 to direct and keep the manor and the provost and all who 

 belong to the manor. 



The auditors ought on their account to the bailiff to 

 forbid that any comble of corn be received from the grange 

 into the garner, but that one takes nine quarters for eight 

 by sure measure striked from the stackers, and that the 

 bushels and half-bushels and the cantles and the rest which 

 were wont to be hidden and forgotten, and are to the advan- 

 tage of the provost if not tallied, be all tallied and all ac- 

 counted for with the other, for it is much better to have a little 

 waste of the garner than lose so much a year, which will 

 amount to much yearly as may be clearly seen. And he 

 must forbid through the bailiffs and provosts that any horse 

 or aver, ox, cow, young aver, wether, ewe, or hog be in any 

 wise flayn without inspection and knowledge of the fault 

 by which it died, for the peril mentioned above. It is not 

 necessary so to speak to the auditors about making audit 

 because of their office, for they ought to be so prudent, and 

 so faithful, and so knowing in their business, that they have 

 no need of other teaching about things connected with the 

 account. 



