Cap. 16. the Forest Laws. 343

foo?tf) max keep a Gastibe about his faute y

fence of his to use and his goods ; fa khsr eberx ^

GaKide be lawfullx expeditated and lateea accosting ta Ji

the 8 (fifes of the 5r0?est -> but molt chiellx Ksrmers snd

Wesfitz^Orseholders. It doth appear bx the Assists of

the Forest of Ling ttenrv the Decond,called the Assists Affisa d«

of Woodstock, that Gastmes stM be expeditatedntew- w «^k^cic.n.

rx Forest where the Wilhi beaks hade snx peacezwhers- ixa e- 6 -

bx it is to be gathered, that therefore it is lawful lo?

men that bo dwell witUn such a Fo?est where the wild

beaks hade a peace, to keep Sya Kibes there; so? else it

were ia bam ts hade them expeditated.

And also it doth appear bx Lksrrs de Forefta, that the Charts &.&■■iiihnirx w? the sawing and erpeditating of Gastibes o? r.uc. 6 .A>ogs ivithin the Lings Forest Gall be made whenthe ixegard of the Forest is made, and that is, ederxthird xear?and then the lawing of Gastides (Hal! he donebx tbe diew and tekimonx oi honek men, and nc t 0 her-wife; therefore it is lawful for men that to dwellwithin Forests to keep Gakidcs b ing I toeO o? ejpe*ditated. A'd in the Assists and Custom es of the Forest,made and establiihed in ^0. 6 . of Kd the i.it is ordained,l^uod fiquis Mastivus invent s fuerit super al quam fe- Assis ? &c©i-ram i & mutilatus suerir, ipse cujus erat, quietus erit de illo su-tudines so-facto, if snx Gakibe be found upon anx Deer, the fame rck«.s«.-,Gakibe being expeditated, then he, whose Gasti e thefame is, lhall be unit of that dsed. Wx this it dcrh ap-pear, that it is lawfiil so? the inhabitants in Foreststokeep syakibes t!:at are expeditated ana lawed peaalthcuIh that such GaKibes to sometimes chance tofasten upon a Bvger. And h.re note, that this wv?dMutilatas is not taken no? understood for hluiselled, asfeme do affirm, but w? maimed, lamed, o? expeditated,according to the Assists and Laws of the Forests so?there is no law to mussel Hastides. And again, in the

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