13. If a man slay another in an eorl’s tun, let him make bot with xii scillings.
Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð .xii. scill. gebete.
14. If a man lie with an eorl’s birele, let him make bot with xii scillings.
And then from the bots due to the eorl the laws pass to those due to the ceorl. The following clauses show that under the Kentish laws the ceorl also had a mund-byrd.
Bots due to the ceorl.
Ceorles mund-byrd .vi. scillingas.
15. A ceorl’s mund-byrd vi scillings.
Gif wið ceorles birelan man geligeð .vi. scillingum gebete. aet þære oðere þeowan .l. scætta. aet þare þriddan .xxx. scætta.
16. If a man lie with a ceorl’s birele, let him make bot with vi scillings; if with the slave of the second class l scætts; if with one of the third class xxx scætts.