Cap. 19. the Forest Laws. jil

wild nature, and of ttienature of tame N>eer,and there-fore the stealing of them from the owner is fewnxrAndthen in such s cafe,when an? such malefaao?L,thar hghecommitted anp flirt) fact within anx of the Lings Fo-rests that is-bx the Law felonie; Then Wux and Lrxmax be made after them, whithersoever the? do So, asafter felons at the common law, until that thex be ta-ken and apprehended so? the fame r Wut whether a fore-ster max so pursue and follow after him that hath com-mitted but a trespass of the fbjest onlx. With such Guxand Lrx, whithersoever be goeth, being out of the so-refl, so? I tjo doubt of it. The wo?ds of Assifa c ° n '& consuetudines Forestæ are these : Si quis viderit male „staeArtlcir ’factores infra metas forestæ aliquam feram capere vel as- ’ 6 . E,’ 1 .'

portare, debet illos capere secundum posse ilium: Et ft ' '

non poflit, debet levare hutesium & clamoremEt A nonfecerit, remaneat in misericordia Domini Regis '•> As an?

man lhall fee anx malefactors within the bounds of theforest to take 0? carrx awax anx deer (0? wild beast) so?ro are the words, he wal do what he max to take them rbut if he cannot take them, then he lhall lebx Hux andLrxiand if he do not so,then he lhal remain in theBingsmercie. 3 t is thought bx some, that this Pux and Crxis to be made but onlx within the bounds of the forestto take them: And thex do the rather think so, bx theWords of the i article,being the next before in the' fameAllifes of the forest, where the words sre these, 3 i quis Ibid< Aet ; Ctia ;ceperit feram fine warranto in foresta, corpus fount ar- 'reftcttrr,ubicunque inveniatur infra metas forestær^o thatbx that article it appeared, that, if anx man,as a tres-passer of the forest, do kill and take a d«r, his bodx lhallbe arrested-, wheresoever he max be found within the.bounds of the forest r Therefore, without the houndsof the Forest (fax thex) the forester max not arresthim bx his dod? - except he ve followed with frew witTK 4 within