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Title XII. Concerning Thefts or Housebreakings on the Part of Slaves
1.If a slave steal，outside of the house，something worth two denars，he shall，besides paying the worth of the object and the fines for delay，be stretched out and receive 120 blows.
2.But if he steal something worth 40 denars，he shall either be castrated or pay 6 shillings. But the lord of the slave who committed the theft shall restore to the plaintiff the worth of the object and the fines for delay.
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5.But if they have carried off that girl from behind lock and key，or from the spinning room，they shall be sentenced to the above price and penalty.
6.But if the girl who is carried off be under the king’s protection，then the “frith” （peace-money） shall be 2500 denars，which make 63 shillings.
7.But if a bondsman of the king，or a leet，should carry off a free woman，he shall be sentenced to death.
8.But if a free woman have followed a slave of her own will，she shall lose her freedom.
9.If a freeborn man shall have taken an alien bondswoman，he shall suffer similarly.
10.If any body take an alien spouse and join her to himself in matrimony，he shall be sentenced to 2500 denars，which make 63 shillings.
