[SunkenCiv]

Rochester Cathedral | Textus Roffensis

[SamAdams76]

Ouch. Penalties seem a bit “out of proportion” here with regard to the genitals.

[ConservativeMind]

I kind of like the small fee for stabbing through a man’s genitals, versus that of an eye.

[Ken H]

Don’t mess with Textus!

[LeoTDB69]

six shillings for stabbing a man through his genitals.

BWAHAHA! Iron cup.

[Yardstick]

Sterne also supplied ‘pi**ing’ for mingendo, though that is arguably a somewhat amplified rendering of the Latin.

A clue here for those puzzling over the word "retromingent" that's been making the rounds lately.

[colorado tanker]

At the time this was transcribed French was the language of the English Royal Court, so it’s interesting they were preserving legal texts written in Old English.

[martin_fierro]

six shillings for stabbing a man through his genitals.

♀☹☠☣☢★☆ MANGLED GENITALS PING ☆★☢☣☠☹♂

[fruser1]

If we forced all statutes and regs to be written by hand in the manner of these docs, it’d sustantially cut down on the red tape.

[Wuli]

Great piece of history. Thanks for the post,

[Mariner]

For nearly 200 years after the Romans left in 410 AD, Britain had no written word.

It must have been incubation, because starting around 600 AD it exploded.

Rome civilized Britain.

[sauropod]

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[LastDayz]

Dang.... thought this was about some guy named Rufus from Texas.