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A Treatise of Cap. 2 r.

(which ought to he Gkquires, Gentlemen ok goad ac-count, abiiitp and libing,) which ore wire and discreetmen, and well learned in the Laws ok the Ko?ell. LheOffice ok aVerdere? is almolt like unto the Office ot aTo?oner in some points: so? as a Coroner bx the Lawis to drew the dead bodx ok anx ok his Gai'elties Sub--I'ects that is suddenly gain, 0 ? sound dead; and it be-ing not Known how he doth come bx his death, thenthe Coroner is ko repair to the fame dead bodx uponnotice thereof unto him giden,to fee and diew the fame,and there also to inquire bx the Dath ok twelbe gcodand lawkul men, upon the diew ok the same dead bodx,and such edidences and circumstances as can bx an?means be there learned, howhe came to his death, answho was the occafion thereof: Eden so a Merdere? isto diew the wild Beasts ok the Fo?eN and ik anx okthe Wings wild Malls ok the Forest be found vain o?tore wounded, or hurt, then upon notice thereok gidenunto the Werderers, 0 ? unto anx one ok them, he oughtto repair to the tame wild Mall that is kv Sain, Killed,»?hurt, and there to cause an inquilltion to be madeper quatuor villatospropinquiores Forestæ, to Know how

_the same wild Malt was Killed, and by whom; as it

AkKL Si con- doth appear bx the Mites ok the 5Fo?cst,ArtkuJo 7 . Andids Mrderer in that respect is an Officer like unto s

now a Vttmw And it is to be noted, that even as a Coroner is cdc-

H fen bx the Lings Mrit itt the full Count?, so is a mer-

dere? alto; ko? when anx ok the Lings Nerdere?s okhisFo?est is'dead,tden upon certificate thereof made untothe Ling in hiS high Court ok Cvancerx, that T. Bare,-foot, one ok the Werdekers of the Forest of Walthanvsdead, the Lin« thereupon doth grant out a Mrit de ?*>ridario eligendo, Directed to the Sheriff ok the same lhire, within which the Forest is where he: is. to be chsken' Merdere^