406 A Treatise of .Cap. 21.

to ceitifie that inquiry in the Chancery tefo?e theLing; o? the Justices ok the FoM may certiste theLing ok that false suggestion under their seals: And ikthe tame suggestion be kound false, then the Ling maymake a Superscdeas to the Sheriff, that he Wast not re-mode the said Merderer,yc. And if that he be remodedalready, that then he lhaN still Niffer him to use and oc-cupy the said Dffice ok a Werderer,as he did before.

r 2 2nd ik any Werderer,Forester, o? any other Gmisterof the Fo?est,be compelled by the Sheriffs any Affises,Juries,o? Inquests,t^ey may hade a Writ framed uponthe said Statute of 34 E. 1. ivhich gibes them that ex-rmption-dirmed to the Sheriff to discharge them, as itdoth appear in F.N.B.fol. 1 6j.z.

The Oatb of a» Because it appears by the ko?esaid Writ de Virldario

Vetiem, eligendo,that the Sheriffauust gibe to the Merderer elk'tted an oath (for the words ok the Mrit are,qui prsestitofacrarnento, &c.) it ihaN de necessary to lay down theform of the said Dath. ^c>u shall truly serve our Sove-reign Lord the King in the Office of a Verderor in the Fo-1 est of W. you shall, to the uttermost of your power andknowledg, do for the profit of the King, so far as it dothappertain unto you to do: you shall preserve and main-tain the ancient rights and franchises of his Crown: youshall not conceal from his Majesty any rights or priviledg-es,nor any offence either in Vert or Venison,nor any otherthing: you shall not withdraw nor abridge any defaults,but shall endeavour your self to manifest and redress thefame : And if you cannot do that of your self, you shallgive knowledge thereof unto the King, or unto his Justiceof the Forest : you shall deal indifferently with all theKings liege people: you shall execute the Laws of the Fo-rest, and do equal right and justice as well unto the pooras to the rich, in that appertaineth unto your Office: youshall not oppress arjy-petson by colour thereof, for any re-ward,