as a present to the king,[1] and all the tongues from the court, for he decides on all the tongues; and the king is to fill the place of the tongue with the thigh muscle of the beast which he shall have for the smith of the court. The judge of the court is the third person who maintains the status of a court in the king's absence. He is to be free from ebediw because judgeship is better than anything temporal.
[2]What day soever the falconer shall kill a heron or a bittern or a curlew by means of his hawks, the king shall perform three services for him; hold his horse while he shall secure the birds, and hold his stirrup while he shall dismount, and hold it while he shall mount. Three times the king presents him with food from his own hand on that night; for by the hand of his messenger he presents him daily, except in the three chief festivals and the day whereon he shall kill a notable bird. On the canghellor's left he sits at a banquet. He has the skin of a hart from the chief huntsman in October to make him gloves and jesses. He
