Hear now for what reasons the king can disinherit his liege men without judgment of the court, if they do unto him any of the things which are here described.

[1.] The first reason is, if it happens that any liege man raises arms against his lord, then he ought to be forever disinherited.

[2.] The second reason is, if it happens that any liege man brings a case against his lord or against his land, reason dictates that he ought to be disinherited forever more.

[3.] The third reason is, if any liege man makes, or causes to be made, false coinage or false money on his property or in his household, reason dictates that he ought to be disinherited forever more.

[4.] The fourth reason is, if it happens that any liege man wishes to poison his lord, or his wife, or any of his children, reason dictates that he ought to be forever disinherited.

[5.] The fifth reason is, if any liege man or land-holder or baron of the realm caused a port to be made on his land, with ships and vessels, and moves on pagan territory, to add to his land and diminish the rights of the king, reason dictates that he ought to be disinherited forever more.

[6.] The sixth reason is, that if any liege man, whether he is a land-holder or not, causes money to be made, worked and struck on his land, reason dictates that he ought to be disinherited forever more, since no man ought, neither by right nor by law, to have a port, euvreneour, or money working, except the king.

[7.] The seventh reason is, that if any liege man, forced by the Saracens, and without recourse to the court, enters against his lord while in possession of his property and his land for which he owes service and homage to the king, reason dictates that he ought to be disinherited forever more.

[8.] The eighth reason is, that if any liege man causes his peasants ("vileins") to rise up by his command and by his aid and by his counsel against his lord and to come against him with arms, reason dictates that he ought to be disinherited forever more.

[9.] The ninth reason is, that if any liege man abandons his fief and apostatizes ("se rené") and becomes a Saracen, reason dictates that he ought to be disinherited forever more.

[10.] The tenth reason is, that if there is any liege man who may have failed his lord's need, in battle with the Saracens, and fled and let the lord be taken, and if it be the case that if he had not fled and had stood by him, the king would not have been taken or killed, reason dictates that he ought to be disinherited forever more.

[11.] The eleventh reason is, that if it happens that any liege man is unwilling to do the command of his lord to do what it is reasonable to do, reason dictates that he ought to be disinherited forever more.

[12.] The twelfth reason is, that if it happens that any liege man sells or grants to the Saracens for any goods his castle or his town which he held, without the permission of his lord, reason dictates that he ought to be disinherited forever more.

And all this is right by law and by the assizes and by the establishment of King Baldwin the Second, on whom may God have mercy. Amen.