It seems probable that, in spite of the last clause, the wergelds of the Lex Saxonum, in the text as we have it, are described in Charlemagne’s _silver solidi of_ 12_d._--the solidi which at the moment he was trying at a ratio of 1:4 to substitute for gold. Very nearly contemporary with the Lex Saxonum is Charlemagne’s _Capitulare de partibus Saxonie_, A.D. 785.[167] In this document no wergelds are mentioned, but other fines are described which may be compared with them. And it will be noticed that three classes are mentioned--nobilis, ingenuus, and litus. In s. 19, for refusal to baptize an infant within a year of birth:-- Nobilis 120 solidi to the fisc. Ingenuus 60 ” ” Litus 30 ” ” So again in s. 20 for illicit marriage, and in s. 21 for engaging in pagan rites:-- Nobilis 60 solidi. Ingenuus 30 ” Litus 15 ” These fines were evidently payable in the silver solidus, for in s. 27 the penalty for a man remaining at home contrary to the bann was to be 10 _solidi_ or _one ox_. Obviously this is the value of the ox in silver solidi before they were made legal tender. Its gold value was only 2 solidi, as stated in Tit. VI. of the Lex. And, as we have seen, the value of the ox in the silver solidus of twelve pence was maintained at an average of about 8 solidi. [Sidenote: Capitulare of A.D. 797.] Twelve years later in date another Capitulare was issued, entitled _Capitulare Saxonicum_ and dated A.D. 797.[168] It was the result of a conference and contract between Franks and Saxons of the three tribes, Westfali, Angrarii, and Ostfali. According to s. 3 the Saxons agreed that whenever, under the laws, Franks had to pay 15 solidi, the Saxon nobilis should pay 12 solidi, ingenui 5 solidi, and liti 4 solidi. Then follows a clause which is interesting as showing that the payment of wergelds still was a general practice. It enacted that when a homicide had occurred and a case had been settled in a district by the neighbours, the pacificators should, according to custom, receive 12 solidi for their trouble (_pro districtione_), and in respect of the wergeld (_pro wargida_) they should have sanction to do what according to their custom they had been used to do. But if the cause had been settled in the presence of a _royal Missus_, then it was conceded that on account of that wergeld the neighbours should still have their 12 solidi; and that the Missus of the King, for the trouble taken in the matter, should receive another 12 solidi, _ad partem Regis_. In clause 7, homicide of a _Missus regalis_, or theft from him, was to be paid for threefold.