“This land-law prevails in some lands; but, as I have said, in some places it is heavier, in others lighter; seeing that the customs of all lands are not alike. In some places the gebúr must pay honey-gafol, in some meat-gafol, in some ale-gafol. Let him that holds the shire take heed to know always what is the old arrangement about the land, and what the custom of the country!” ----- Footnote 597: Thorpe, i. 432. Footnote 598: The ancient Latin version calls them Villanus, Cotsetle and Gebúr. Footnote 599: Feormian, _firmare_; give so much as _pastus_. Footnote 600: Help to make park-paling, and perhaps keep watch for game. ----- Footnote 601: Ascension Day. Observe that the Cotsetla is distinctly asserted to be _free_. Footnote 602: “Werige his hláfordes,” etc.; that is, perform for his lord, the duty of coast-guard, and attending the king’s hunt: from which it follows that, where there was no special exemption, these services could be demanded of the lord: that is in case of folcland. The old Latin translates _werian_ by _acquietare_, which I have adopted. Footnote 603: Either in repairing the park-paling, or in service during the hunt. Footnote 604: Aferian, auerian, _facit averagium_, _averiat_. Footnote 605: This seems an immense amount of barley, but the Saxon clearly reads as I have translated. The old Latin version has, “Dare debet in festo Sancti Michaelis x. den. de gablo, et Sancti Martini die xxiii et sestarium ordei et ii gallinas.” Twenty-three pence at Martinmas is a considerable sum; however as a sester of corn must even in ordinary years have been worth quite that sum, it is more reasonable to follow the Latin than the Saxon. Footnote 606: The fold was often distant from the homestead, and required careful watching, especially during the dark winter months. Sheep alone were not folded, but oxen, cows, and particularly mares: hryðrafald, cúafald, stódfald. This system may be still seen in full force in Hungary; and we may add that, in the article of horse and cattle stealing, the Hungarian presents a very marked likeness to the Anglosaxon. While reading these services, one can hardly get rid of the notion that one is studying the description of a Hungarian _Session_. Footnote 607: