[197] Alfred's _Blossom Gatherings out of St. Augustine_. British Museum, Vit. A. xv. f. 1:--Gaderode me þonne kigclas ⁊ stuþan sceaftas ⁊ lohsceaftas ⁊ hylfa to ælcum þara tola þe ic mid pircan cuðe ⁊ bohtimbru ⁊ bolt timbru ⁊ to ælcum þara peorca þe ic pyrcan cuðe þa plitegostan treopo be þam dele ðe ic aberan meihte. ne com ic naþer mid anre byrðene ham þe me ne lyste ealne þane pude ham brengan gif ic hyne ealne aberan meihte. on ælcum treopo ic geseah hpæt hpugu þæs þe ic æt ham beþorfte. For þam ic lære ælcne ðara þe maga si ⁊ ma[nigne] wæn hæbbe ꝥ he menige to þam ilcan puda þar ic ðas stuðan sceaftas cearf. Fetige hym þar ma ⁊ gefeðrige hys pænas mid fegrum gerdum þat he mage pindan manigne smicerne pan ⁊ manig ænlic hus settan ⁊ fegerne tun timbrian ⁊ þara ⁊ þær murge ⁊ softe mid mæge oneardian ægðer ge pintras ge sumeras spa spa ic nu ne gyt ne dyde. Ac se þe me lærde þam se pudu licode se mæg gedon ꝥ ic softor eardian ægðer ge on þisum lænan stoclife be þis pæge ða phile þe ic on þisse peorulde beo ge eac on þam hecan hame ðe he us gehaten hefð þurh scanctus augustinus ⁊ sēs gregorius ⁊ scanctus Ieronimus ⁊ purh manege oððre halie fædras spa ic gelyfe. eac ꝥ he gedo for heora ealra earnum ge ægðer ge þisne peig gelimpfulran gedo þonne he ær þissum pes ge hure mines modes eagan to þam ongelihte ꝥ ic mage rihtne peig aredian to þam ecan hame ⁊ to þam ecan are ⁊ to þare ecan reste þe us gehaten is þurh þa halgan fæderas sie spa. Nis hit nan pundor þeah m[an] sp[ylce] on timber gepirce ⁊ eac on þæ[re] lade ⁊ eac on þære bytlinge. ac ælcne man lyst siððan he ænig cotlyf on his hlafordes læne myd his fultume getimbred hæfð ꝥ he hine mote hpilum þar ongerestan. ⁊ huntigan. ⁊ fulian. ⁊ fiscian. ⁊ his on gehpilce pisan to þære lænan tilian ægþær ge on se ge on lande oð oð þone fyrst þe he bocland ⁊ æce yrfe þurh his hlafordes miltse geearnige. spa gedo se pile ga gidfola seðe egðer pilt ge þissa lænena stoclife ge þara ecena hama. Seðe ægþer gescop ⁊ ægðeres pilt forgife me ꝥ me to ægðrum onhagige ge her nytpyrde to beonne ge huru þider to cumane.--For the text of this passage I am indebted to Mr. Thompson. [198] '_Stoc-lif_,' literally _stake-hut_. The logs were put upright, as in the case of the Saxon church at _Greenstead_ in Essex. [199] 'Bytlinge;' hence the house was a '_botl_.' [200] _Schilteri Thesaur. Antiq. Teut._ i. p. 158. Ulm, 1728. [201] See M. Guérard's _Introduction to the Polyptyque de l'Abbé Irminon_, pp. 250–75. [202] The _leod-geld_ or _wer-gild_ of a 'man' was 200 shillings (see mention of the half leod-geld of c. shillings, s. 21). As regards the three grades of _læts_, there were also three grades of female _theows_ of the king (see s. 10–11), the _cup-bearer_, the _grinding-theow_, and the _lowest class_. See also s. 16, where again there is mention of three classes of _theows_, each with its value. [p181] CHAPTER VI. _THE TRIBAL SYSTEM (IN WALES)._ I. EVIDENCE OF THE DOMESDAY SURVEY.