and rulers of
tens.
Ilc of ðe .v. ſteres-men
Vnder hem welden in ſtere tgen.[317]
An appeal to be
made from the
ruler of ten,
If ymong .x. wurð ogt miſ-don,
Here ſtere rigten [ſulde] ðor-on, 3420
And if he ne mai it rigten wel,
to the ruler of
hundreds,
Taunet iſ meiſter eu_er_ilc del;
And if he rigten it ne can,
and thence to the
superior ruler.
He taune it al hiſ ouer-man, 3424
Ai ſo forð fro man to man,
Til he it here, ðe rigten can;
The final appeal
to be made to
Moses.
If it ne mai or rigted ben,
ſo ſal it cumen to moysen. 3428
These rulers were
to be able men,
god-fearing,
lovers of truth,
and haters of
covetousness.
He bad him cheſen ſtereſ-men
Migti, ðe gode-frigti ben,
ðe ſoð-faſtneſſe lef ben,
And ðe niðing [and] giſcing flen. 3432
[316] MS. ðahankede.
[317] ten?