Cap. 8'. the Forest Laws.

g. whereof it it called Waste.

A M whereas toe do use to sap, a wake of ther?st, ir iB to be uuderstvod, that this word Wattsis taken in the fame fence, that a spoil is -> lo? a wasteof the forest is as much bx common inttndment, as tofax, slpoilof the coverts o? pasture of the Fcrest r fo?this wo?d Wake is a wo?d chiestx in use amongst Law-xers,and was brought into this Land bx the Ko?mans,being derided from the French herb, G»st?r, id tst, Va-stare.to waste: so? we Gnglilh men do oftentime. lifeto pronounce a W. instead of a 6. in maux words, thatwe do borrow of the French tongue, as ko? example,where the French word is Gardien, o? Gardienne, wesap, A warder^and whereas the Frenchword is. Garde-robbe, we fax, a Wardrobe ; and whertzaS the Frenchwo?d is, Gsrronoe, we fax a Warren, ;a#‘a warren ofConies, snd Kich like: And to likewilv, whereas theFrench word is, Gatt^we fax, a Waste, as a waste or thelo?ek, and G^stebois is he that doth waste and spoilwoods,Gsster & destruere,id est. vastare, evastare, vel de-vastare,to wake, to spoil, or consume, and so a waste ofthe forest is a spoil of the forest; and thus much con-cerning Waste.

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