Cap. i. the Forest Laws.
places,foists were end ought to be made. And ft? that/itappearech in the Ned Wwk, which remameth in the!
Grchetzuer, called fiber Rubrus, in these words, dlonin'
<juibuflibet locis est Foresta domini Regis, fed in certis, r n Librarubroscilicet in locis Sylvestribus, that IS, Lhe Lings Fo?M Lcsccrrii,is not in ever? place, but in certain places meet so? thatpmpove,chst is to sap,in the wood? ccuntries: Where-in it doth appear, that Forests were alwa?s appointedin the wcodx countries where great store ok coder ts were.
And in another place in the said bwk the words arechest', lo singulis comitatibus foresta Regis non est, fed in Ibidem*!nemorosis, ubi ferarum latibula funt & uberiores pasturx,
The Lings FyM is not in ederx countrx within thisLealmi but in the Wwd? countries, where the secretabiding ok the wi!d beasts are, and fruitful pastures so?their seed. And afterwards in another place in the famebook, it solloweth in these words, Numquid in stngulis Ibidqtr.;fonaicatibus Foresta Regis est infra Regnum ? non, fedin salcuosis locis &c. Us rte-fttmgs Jfogcst tn eberp couti-trp within this Kealni i Ko, but in the wood? grounds.
Where the secret abiding ot the wild beasts are, and inpleasant Mings and lawnds, yc.W? this itappeareth,- ' r ,chat it is incident to eder? Forest, to be as well reple--niihed with woods, as to hade pleasant leedinos andlawnds so? the Lings Deer. And in another place inthe fame bVk it is written thus. Forests est tuta ferarum ibideai.mansio, non quarumliber, fed tantummodo fylvestrium,
3 Forest, faith the said bwk, is a fase abiding place oswild beasts, not of all manner oswild beasts, bur onw ofchose that are belonging to the wwds. Wx tbiL it sp--peareth, that Forests were made chieklx,at the Krst, butso? beasts of thewwds, and no wild beasts are properbeasts okthe Forest,but thole chat do haunt the wwdx:
And therefore it followeth ok neceMt?, chat Forestsmust be made Where there areMearstore oiwwds. Ar
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