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V 172. — There are seven kings in the usage of the Feni who are not 

 entitled to dire or honoiirprice : the king who refuses every phght, not having 

 his lawful (full) company of guests, for it is not refusal by anyone, if he have 

 his lawful company, even though he refuse; the king who eats theft and 

 pillage ; the king who betrays honour ; the king who bears defamation that 

 defames him ; the king (against whom) battle is won ; the king whom a 

 hound attacks as he goes alone without his lawful servitors ; the king who 

 does kin-murder.' 



V 174. — There are seven nobles in the usage of the Feni who are not 

 entitled to dire or honourprice : the noble who refuses every plight ; the 

 noble who eats theft and pillage ; the noble who betrays honour ; the noble 

 who bears defamation that defames him ; the noble who vows his perpetual 

 pilgrim-staff, who speedily turns again to his will ; the noble who protects 

 an evader of government so that it becomes evasion behind his back ; the 

 noble who does not yield judgment or due to man — such a one is not entitled 

 to judgment or due from man. 



V 176. — There are seven women in the usage of the Feni who are not 

 en titled to dire or honoui-price : the woman who steals ; the woman who 

 reviles {lit. carves) every plight; the woman who betrays without recanta- 

 tion, whose kin jointly pays for her false tale; the harlot of a thicket; the 

 woman who slays ; the woman who refuses every plight. These are the 

 women who are not entitled to honourprice. 



V 368^. — There are seven (cases) in which his honourprice falls from 

 eveiyone : defamation in accusing him without paying him (for it) ; false 

 testimony by him against anyone ; giving a false character ; neglect of bond ; 

 going beyond a hostage ; evading his surety ; betraying his honour. 



(iiVe I read air nod n-aire. The last clause, following "the mansion that remains 

 empty," is not glossed and is probably not part of the original text, though its diction 

 is of the same period. The text, if 1 mistake not, has in view the case of a residence 

 permanently abandoned — this is the sense of bis. The maxim has rather in view the 

 case of a residence temporarily unoccupied, in which trespass and damage incur restitu- 

 tion and a small amount of civ c, not the full dire of an occupied residence. 



' "Who betrays honour," i.e. who fails to protect anyone who has lawful recourse to 

 his protection. 



