i 18 A Treatise of Cap . 6.

beast of Mnerx, no? beast of chafe in it, is no fo?estst all, but a boid and unp?ofitable piece of ground so?that purpose: lo? although that the fame place do ltilremain p?ibiledged, xet the fame retaineth no mo?e ofa finest, but vnlx the bare name: fo?afmuch as thewild beasts of the fo?est, so? which the same boasfirst p?ibiledged and made a fo?est, are utterlx destrvx-ed and ejiletJ from thence: Ko Mewise, if the Vert ofthe ko?efr be cut down and destroxed, the want of it dothin lho?t time mabe a fo?ett to be no fo?est : so? the de-struction of the Vert in the w?est, doth alwaxs banilhthe wild beasts out of the w?est, and therefo?e thefo?ett Laws do atz greatlx regard the Mkerbati-on of the Vert of the fo?eft, as thex &o the VenisonInsomuch that Vert hgch alwaxs the first place defo?eVenison r Because to p?eferbe wen the Venison of thefinest, it is first to begin with the Vert, and to p?e-serbe the same, fo?afinuch as the plentx of Vert in a fo-rest, is the onlp chief means to p?eserbe Venison, andto babe plentx thereof - And contrariwise to dettroxthe Vert of the so?est, is the means to defcrox the Ve-nison aud wild beasts of the fo?est,and there is nothingthat doth so much deface and disgrace a fo?est, as to cutdown and destrox the cobert, which is the Vert of theforest. A nd therefore it is to be noted, that Were areth?se special causes,. whx the fbgett Laws babe socaresu!lxp?obided so? the p?eserbatfcn of t|e Vert drtbewrest.

The first is, hecauw that thd berk nature Of the wildbeasts of the fo?est is, to reso?t unto the woods andgreat coberts. Wherein thex db tabe their chielest de-light and felicitx to be secret and mites in their couches-Job cdsp. ;8. o?as it is said in z8. chapter of Job, Obi cudant in 0n»tri», & in specubus insidiantur, where thex do lie stcret-lk iN their bowers, and watch in their secret coderts.

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