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them in lsfetx -> and therefore chiestxin this time offawning,when the greatest danger os hurt is,when thexrung ones cannot run no? Mt so? tbeniselbes.Canucui can»tu',can«in his fourth Canon did appoint certain mean Officersto watch the Deer in the night time al! the whole pear :wherefore it is to be Mppofed, that thex mutt be p?inci-paNx watched and regarded in this time of danger, ifthex lhsU be watched ederx night at all other times,when there is less danger.

Ling Henry the Second, in his Mitt of V^oocikock Affi r a forcst dedid appoint, That twelbe Lnights lhould be appointed woodcock,'in ederx Fo?ek,to look unto the laietx of the wild beaks smc.i.of the Fo?est; which Lnights also are appointed to feethat other Officers of the Fo?eks, that hade the chargeof those wild beasts, lhall gibe their attendance so? theirbetter fafetp and peace.

Ling H«nry the Third, bx the Charter of the Forest, charts de 5Z.did appoint, that the third Court of Awanimote ihould r-tts,,ruc.s.'ve holden and kept sttteen daxs before Gidfummer, andthat at that time al! the Fo?esterL,Merderers,and 3gi-sters lhould meet together, so? to make p?odiston so? thequiet and fafetx of the wild beasts, during the time oftheir Fawning, which is called the Fence monetb. 02,

Tempos vetitum.

2 How long the Fence moneth doth last, and when -the fame doth begin and end.

T %z Fence moneth doth alwaxs hegin stfteen daxsbefore Gidfummer,acco?ding to the Charter as theFo?ek, viz. In initio qnindeeim dicrum ante seuam SanctiJohannis Baptist*, quando Agiftatores noftri conveniunt'pro feonatione beftiarutn noftrarum ; that is to fax, Mthe beginning of ktteen daxs vew?e SYidfomer, when theAgiko?s of the Ringslv?sll shall meet together so? the

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