No monk who belongs to a monastery may demand or pay compensation incurred by vendetta because he leaves the law of his kindred behind when he accepts monastic rule. If a priest is concerned in false witness or perjury or is the accessory and accomplice of thieves, he shall be cast out from the fellowship of those in holy orders and forfeit every privilege, unless he make amends both towards God and towards men, as the bishop shall prescribe, and find surtey for future behavior. Servants of God shall call upon Christ to intercede for all Christian people and practice celibacy. Those who turn away from marriage and observe celibacy shall enjoy the privileges of a thegn. *No Christian man shall marry among his own kin within six degress of relationship or with the widow of a man as nearly related to him as that, or with a near relative of his first wife's. No man shall marry his god-mother, a nun, or a divorced woman. He shall not commit adultery. He shall have no more wives that one, with whom he shall remain as long as she lives. Ecclesiastical dues shall be paid yearly, namely, plough alms 15 days after Easter, the tithe [tenth] of young animals at Pentecost, and the tithe of the fruits of the earth at All Saints. Otherwise the king's reeve, the bishop's reeve, and the lord's reeve shall take what is due and assign him the next tenth, and the eight remaining parts shall go half to the lord and half to the bishop. Peter's Pence shall be paid by St. Peter's Day or pay the bishop the penny and 30d. in addition and 120s. to the king. Church dues shall be paid at Martinmas, or pay the biship eleven fold and 120s. to the king. Any thegn with a church with attached graveyard on his land shall give a third part of his own tithes to his church. If he has a church without a graveyard, he shall give his priest whatever he desires from the nine remaining parts. Light dues shall be paid a halfpenny worth of wax from every hide three times a year. Payment for the souls of the dead should be rendered before the grave is closed. *All festivals and fasts, such as Lent, shall be observed. The festival of every Sunday shall be observed from noon on Saturday till dawn on Monday. No trading, public gatherings, hunting, or secular occupations shall be done on Sunday. We forbid ordeals and oaths during festivals and fasts. To avoid the torment of hell, let us turn away from sin and confess our misdeeds to out confessors and cease from evil and make amends. Each of us shall treat others as we desire to be treated. Every Christian man shall prepare himself for the sacrament at least three times a year. Every friend shall abide by his oath and pledge. Every injustice shall be cast out from this land. Let us be faithful and true to our lord and promote his honour and carry out his will. And likewise, it is the duty of every lord to treat his men justly. Men of every estate shall readily submit to the duty which befits them.