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the crime was not held by them to be of 

 a very deep dye. 



For lefier injuries they had pecuniary 

 atonements. A Welfhman for the lofs 

 of his finger received one cow and twen- 

 ty pence; for his nofe, fix oxen and a 

 hundred and twenty pence ; and for being 

 pulled by the hair, a penny for every fin- 

 ger, and two pence for the thumb, the 

 inftruments of infult. The Saxons had 

 iimilar fines; and the Normans, like 

 perfons of nice honour, provided a pe- 

 nalty of five fous for a pull by the nofe ; 

 and ten, pour un coup au derriere* 



A compenfation for the murder of a 

 Mayor or Chancellor was nine fcore and 

 nine cows ; of the chief of a family, it 

 was thrice that number; and of a King's 

 villain, it was three fcore and three; 

 and a pound and a half was a fatisfac- 



* Pennant, I. 290, who quotes Leges Wallicze. 



tion 



