and the same denial as blood. If it be denied, let him give his oath with two men of the same status as himself on the first ninth-day. If it remains two ninth-days, let him give his oath with three men of the same status as himself. If it remains three ninth-days, let him give his oath with four men of the same status as himself; and thus is blood denied.
[1]If there be a legal guardian, and chattels are taken by stealth from under his guardianship, and the keys remain with him safely, and there be seen a breach in the house ; the Book of Cynog says it is easier to believe him if there be chattels of his own taken together with the other chattels which were taken by stealth from him. He is however to swear conjointly with all the persons in the house as to his being clear as to those chattels. If the soil however be excavated under the house; after he has carried out the law that he is clear, the king owns the soil and there is to be no guardian answerable for it. Every chattel which a guardian asserts to have been brought to him to be kept, let him make good except the chattels conveyed through the soil. If a person bring chattels to a guardian and some of the chattels be lost, and there be
- ↑ W 65 a 8
