"For the oath of a thegn equals the oaths of six villeins; if he is killed he is fully avenged by the slaying of six villeins and if compensation is paid for him, his wergeld is the wergeld for six villeins." Some freemen are 200 men, some 600 men, and others 1200 men. A 200 man has a wergeld of 200s., which equal 4 pounds. A 1200 man is a person of noble rank, that is, a thegn, whose wergeld is 1200s., which equal 25 pounds. His healsfang is 120s., which today equals 50s. (40 sheep are worth 20s., as is one horse.) Homicide by a magical potion or witchcraft or sorcery practiced with images or by any kind of enchantment cannot be compensated. If the bewitched person does not die, but suffers some change of the skin or demonstrable physical sickness, compensation shall be paid as prescribed by the ancient provisions of wise men, in accordance with the circumstances. "If anyone kills his lord, then if in his guilt he is seized, he shall in no manner redeem himself but shall be condemned to scalping or disemboweling or to human punishment which in the end is so harsh that while enduring the dreadful agonies of his tortures and the miseries of his vile manner of death he may appear to have yielded up his wretched life before in fact he has won an end to his sufferings, and so that he may declare, if it were possible, that he had found more mercy in hell than had been shown to him on earth." "If anyone kills his man without his having merited death, he shall just the same pay compensation for him to his relatives according to the amount of his wergeld, because the man was his to render service, not to be killed." "A person who breaks the king's peace which he confers on anyone with his own hand shall, if he is seized, suffer the loss of his limbs." "If anyone has the king's peace given by the sheriff or other official and a breach of it is committed against him, then this is a case of grithbreche and compensation of one hundred shillings shall be paid, if settlement can be effected by payment of compensation." "On whosoever's land a slaying takes place, the lord who has his rights of soke and sake shall, if the slayer, when caught on the spot, is released on providing security or is detained after being charged, receive the fihtwite." If anyone is slain in an attack by a band of marauders, the slayer shall pay the wergeld to the relatives, and manbot to the lord, and all who were present shall pay hlothbot, that is to say, they shall pay compensation of 30s. for a 200 man, 60s. for a 600 man, and 120s. for a 1200 man. In the case of every payment of wergeld for a slaying, two parts are the responsibility of the paternal kindred, and one third part is the responsibility of the maternal kin. If the kindred of a man who slays another abandons him and will not pay compensation for him, then all the kindred shall be free from the feud except the wrongdoer alone, if they thereafter provide him with neither food nor protection.