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Cap. 2 2 . the Forest Laws.

of the same Alatute: bur t!?at is but in certain cafes ofnecessity, which cannct otherwise u abetOeD : os irtbejust fo?tiet& &:p next ensuing the Nxw.tr Ccurt day dokali to be upon S ^unbar, o? upon Christmas bap, thentie fame Court Dap that so doth tall upon a Dmndap o?upon a Christmas dap, map be Deseru'D a bap longer;but that is because of the neceffttp that cannot de avoid-ed in that cafe v so? it is to be thought, that it was notthe meaning os this Charter os the Forest, at the strst,tfjat tfjts Court of attachments tbcuio be kept upon an?such dap (as Amidap 0? CH?istmaL dap^) which are p?0-didedfo? the fetdice of God only -> so? such daps are notsecotmted anx daps in Law to hold anp Courts in.

2 . The duty of the Vercserers at this Court, and ofwhat matters the Attachments thereought to be made.

T Ge wo?ds of the fame Atatute are further, Ad vi-dendum attaehiamenta de Foresta tarn de viridiquam de venatione: Fn which Words there are twoprincipal things to be noted; that is to sap, the strst isthe office and duty of the Merderers, and what the?ought to do at this Court of Attachments : which is,ad videndum Attaehiamenta de foresta, that is to sap,tofee the attachments of the Fo?est, so that the office oftheWerderers at this Court of attachments is here,asit were, then pointed out with the singer what they arethere to do,which is,to stt there to fee the Attachmentsof the Forest, and to rereibe the fame Attachments ofthe Foresters and Woodwards that do present themthere,and then to enter these attachments in the Kailsof the Merderers.And it feemeth that because this Courtis most efiestpaCourt so? the Foresters, to bring intheir attachments of the forest,and lo? the Merderers to

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Why - thisCourtis calledthe Court ofAuashnents,