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&_o ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la delinquens_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la delicti_fw-la &_o delinquentis_fw-la fortunam_fw-la patiatur_fw-la 1_o sint_fw-la iam_fw-la deinceps_fw-la quatuor_fw-la ex_fw-la liberalioribus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la qui_fw-la habent_fw-la saluas_fw-la svas_fw-la debitas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la quos_fw-la angli_fw-la paegen_v appellant_n in_o qualibet_fw-la regni_fw-la mei_fw-la provincia_fw-la constituti_fw-la then_o pegened_a these_o four_o chief_a man_n be_v those_o that_o now_o be_v call_v the_o verderâ—rs_n for_o they_o be_v four_o chief_a man_n of_o the_o forest_n as_o they_o weâ—e_v then_o and_o they_o do_v execute_v the_o same_o place_n and_o they_o have_v the_o same_o authority_n in_o most_o thing_n that_o these_o chief_a man_n have_v then_o ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la distribuendam_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la pena_fw-la merita_fw-la &_o materijs_fw-la forrestae_fw-la cuncto_fw-la populo_fw-la meo_fw-la tam_fw-la anglis_fw-la quam_fw-la danis_n per_fw-la totum_fw-la regnum_fw-la meum_fw-la angliae_fw-la quos_fw-la quatuor_fw-la primarios_fw-la forrestae_fw-la appellandos_fw-la censemus_fw-la 2_o sint_fw-la sub_fw-la quolibet_fw-la horum_fw-la ealderman_n lespegend_n these_o seem_v to_o be_v these_o man_n that_o now_o be_v call_v the_o regarder_n for_o they_o have_v the_o same_o office_n &_o authority_n that_o they_o have_v ealderman_n quatuor_fw-la ex_fw-la mediocribus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la quos_fw-la angli_fw-la lespegend_n nuncupant_fw-la dani_n vero_fw-la young_a man_n vocant_fw-la locati_fw-la qui_fw-la curam_fw-la et_fw-la onus_fw-la tum_fw-la viridis_fw-la tum_fw-la veneris_fw-la suscipiant_fw-la 3_o in_o administranda_fw-la autem_fw-la justicia_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la volo_fw-la ut_fw-la tale_n se_fw-la intromittant_fw-la mediocresque_fw-la tale_n post_fw-la ferarum_fw-la curam_fw-la susceptam_fw-la pro_fw-la liberalibus_fw-la semper_fw-la habeantur_fw-la quos_fw-la dani_n ealderman_n appellant_n 4_o sub_fw-la horum_fw-la iterum_fw-la quolibet_fw-la sunt_fw-la duo_fw-la minutorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la quos_fw-la tineman_n angli_fw-la dicunt_fw-la beginning_n tine_n man_n these_o be_v they_o that_o now_o be_v call_v forester_n or_o keeper_n here_o you_o may_v note_v both_o their_o office_n authority_n and_o beginning_n hi_o nocturnam_fw-la curam_fw-la &_o veneris_fw-la &_o viridis_fw-la tum_fw-la seruilia_fw-la opera_fw-la subibunt_fw-la 5_o si_fw-la talis_fw-la minutus_fw-la seruus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la tam_fw-la cito_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o forresta_n nostra_fw-la locabitur_fw-la libre_fw-la esto_fw-la omnesque_fw-la hos_fw-la ex_fw-la sumptibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la manutenebimus_fw-la fee._n michni_n here_o you_o may_v see_v what_o allowance_n a_o verderor_n have_v by_o the_o year_n of_o the_o king_n for_o his_o fee._n 6_o habeat_fw-la etiam_fw-la quilibet_fw-la primaliorum_fw-la quolibet_fw-la anno_fw-la de_fw-la nostra_fw-la warda_fw-it quam_fw-la michni_n angli_fw-la appellant_n dvos_fw-la equos_fw-la unum_fw-la cum_fw-la sella_fw-la allerum_fw-la sine_fw-la sella_fw-la unum_fw-la gladium_fw-la quinque_fw-la lanceas_fw-la unum_fw-la cuspidem_fw-la unum_fw-la scutum_fw-la et_fw-la ducentos_fw-la solidos_fw-la argenti_fw-la year_n a_o regarder_n fee_n by_o the_o year_n 7_o mediocrium_fw-la quilibet_fw-la unum_fw-la equum_fw-la unum_fw-la lanceam_fw-la unum_fw-la scutum_fw-la et_fw-la 60_o solidos_fw-la argenti_fw-la year_n a_o forester_n his_o fee_n by_o the_o year_n 8_o minutorum_fw-la quilibet_fw-la unam_fw-la lanceam_fw-la unam_fw-la arcubalistam_fw-la &_o 15._o solidos_fw-la argenti_fw-la 9_o sint_fw-la omnes_fw-la tam_fw-la primarij_fw-la quam_fw-la mediocres_fw-la &_o menuti_fw-la immunes_fw-la liberi_fw-la et_fw-la quieti_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la provincialibus_fw-la summonitionibus_fw-la plea_n hundred_o law_n all_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o forestate_a to_o be_v acquit_v of_o pay_v of_o any_o tribute_n or_o tax_n and_o of_o all_o summons_n &_o foreign_a plea_n et_fw-la popularibus_fw-la placitis_fw-la quae_fw-la hundred_o laghe_n angli_fw-la dicunt_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la armorum_fw-la oneribus_fw-la quod_fw-la warscot_n angli_fw-la dicunt_fw-la et_fw-la forincesis_n querelis_fw-la forest_n all_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o forest_n be_v to_o be_v correct_v and_o punish_v by_o the_o verderor_n the_o forest_n 10_o sint_fw-la mediocrium_fw-la et_fw-la minutorum_fw-la causae_fw-la et_fw-la earum_fw-la correctiones_fw-la tam_fw-la criminalium_fw-la quam_fw-la civilium_fw-la per_fw-la providam_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la et_fw-la rationem_fw-la primariorum_fw-la judicatae_fw-la et_fw-la decise_a primariorum_fw-la vero_fw-la enormia_fw-la si_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ne_fw-la scelus_fw-la aliquod_fw-la remaneat_fw-la multum_fw-la nosmet_fw-la in_o ita_fw-la nostra_fw-la regali_fw-la puniemus_fw-la 11_o habeant_fw-la hi_o quatuor_fw-la unam_fw-la regalem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la salua_fw-la nobis_fw-la nostra_fw-la presentia_fw-la quaterque_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la generales_fw-la forestae_fw-la demonstrationes_fw-la et_fw-la viridis_fw-la et_fw-la veneris_fw-la forisfactiones_fw-la quas_fw-la muchehunt_n dicunt_fw-la potestatem_fw-la muchhunt_n the_o verderor_n have_v regalem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la fordel_n gang_v fordel_n ubi_fw-la teneant_fw-la omnes_fw-la calumniam_fw-la de_fw-la materia_fw-la aliqua_fw-la tangente_fw-it forestam_fw-la ordelia_fw-la they_o may_v proceed_v to_o a_o threefold_a judgement_n purgatio_fw-la ignis_fw-la triplex_fw-la ordelia_fw-la eantque_fw-la ad_fw-la triplex_fw-la judicium_fw-la quod_fw-la angli_fw-la of_o gangfordel_n dicunt_fw-la ita_fw-la auten_v acquiratur_fw-la illud_fw-la triplex_fw-la judicium_fw-la accipiat_fw-la secum_fw-la qumque_fw-la et_fw-la sit_fw-la ipse_fw-la sextus_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la iurando_fw-la acquirat_fw-la triplex_fw-la judicium_fw-la aut_fw-la triplex_fw-la juramentum_fw-la sed_fw-la purgatio_fw-la ignis_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la admittatur_fw-la nisi_fw-la ubi_fw-la nuda_fw-la veritas_fw-la nequit_fw-la aliter_fw-la in_o vestigari_fw-la 12_o liberalis_n autem_fw-la homo_fw-la i_o pegen_n forathe_n pegen_n a_o freeman_n may_v have_v another_o to_o swear_v for_o he_o forathe_n modo_fw-la crimen_fw-la suum_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la inter_fw-la mariota_fw-la habeat_fw-la fidelem_fw-la hominem_fw-la qui_fw-la possit_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la iurare_fw-la iuramentum_fw-la i_o forathe_n si_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la ipsemet_fw-la iuret_fw-la nec_fw-la pardonetur_fw-la ei_fw-la aliquod_fw-la iuramentum_fw-la 13_o si_fw-la aduena_fw-la vel_fw-la peregrinus_n qui_fw-la de_fw-la longinquo_fw-la venerit_fw-la sit_fw-la calumpniatus_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n all_o how_o a_o stranger_n shall_v be_v deal_v with_o all_o et_fw-la talis_fw-la est_fw-la sva_fw-la inopia_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la habere_fw-la plegium_fw-la ad_fw-la primam_fw-la calumniam_fw-la qualem_fw-la *_o nullus_fw-la anglus_fw-la iudicare_fw-la potest_fw-la tunc_fw-la
tree_n in_o the_o king_n wood_n be_v vert._n wood._n vert_fw-fr in_o a_o other_o man_v wood._n 29_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la vero_fw-la i_o licem_fw-la aut_fw-la arborem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la qui_fw-la victum_fw-la feris_fw-la suppeditat_fw-la sciderit_fw-la preter_fw-la fractionem_fw-la regalis_fw-la chaceae_fw-la emendet_fw-la regi_fw-la viginti_fw-la solidis_fw-la recompense_n if_o any_o man_n do_v cut_v down_o a_o holly_n tree_n of_o any_o other_o tree_n in_o the_o forest_n which_o do_v bear_v fruit_n for_o food_n for_o the_o wild_a beast_n beside_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o free_a chase_n royal_a he_o shall_v pay_v twenty_o shilling_n to_o to_o the_o king_n for_o a_o recompense_n 30_o volo_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la libre_fw-la homo_fw-la pro_fw-la libito_fw-la svo_fw-la habeat_fw-la venerem_fw-la sive_fw-la viridem_fw-la in_o planis_fw-la suis_fw-la super_fw-la terras_fw-la svas_fw-la forest_n by_o this_o law_n it_o do_v appear_v that_o before_o that_o time_n all_o wild_a beast_n be_v the_o king_n wheresoever_o they_o be_v out_o of_o the_o forest_n and_o therefore_o the_o king_n make_v this_o law_n that_o every_o man_n may_v take_v his_o venery_n in_o his_o own_o ground_n so_o that_o they_o do_v refrain_v from_o the_o venery_n of_o the_o king_n in_o his_o forest_n sine_fw-la chacea_n tamen_fw-la et_fw-la devitent_fw-la omnes_fw-la meam_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la eam_fw-la habere_fw-la voluero_fw-la 31_o nullus_fw-la mediocris_fw-la habebit_fw-la nec_fw-la custodiet_fw-la cane_n quos_fw-la angli_fw-la greyhund_n appellant_n greyhound_n greyhound_n liberali_fw-la vero_fw-la dum_fw-la genuiscissio_fw-la eorum_fw-la facta_fw-la fuerit_fw-la coram_fw-la primario_fw-la forestae_fw-la licebit_fw-la king_n no_o mean_a person_n or_o regarde_o may_v keep_v any_o grehound_n but_o freeman_n may_v keep_v greyhound_n so_o that_o their_o knee_n be_v cut_v before_o the_o verderor_n of_o the_o forest_n and_o without_o cut_v of_o their_o knee_n also_o if_o they_o do_v abide_v ten_o mile_n from_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o forest_n but_o if_o they_o do_v come_v any_o near_a to_o the_o forest_n they_o shall_v pay_v twelâ—e_o penny_n for_o every_o mile_n but_o if_o the_o greyhound_n be_v find_v within_o the_o forest_n the_o master_n or_o owner_n of_o the_o dog_n shall_v forfeit_v the_o dog_n and_o the_o same_o dog_n &_o ten_o shilling_n shall_v be_v forfeit_v to_o the_o king_n aut_fw-la sine_fw-la genuiscissione_fw-la dum_fw-la remoti_fw-la sunt_fw-la a_o limitibus_fw-la forestae_fw-la per_fw-la decem_fw-la milliaria_fw-la quando_fw-la vero_fw-la proprius_fw-la venerint_fw-la emendet_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la miliare_fw-la uno_fw-la solido_fw-la si_fw-mi vero_fw-la infra_fw-la septa_fw-la forestae_fw-la reperiatur_fw-la dominus_fw-la canis_fw-la forisfaciet_fw-la et_fw-la canemet_fw-la decem_fw-la solidos_fw-la regi_fw-la 32_o velteres_fw-la vero_fw-la quos_fw-la langeran_fw-ge appellant_z quia_fw-la manifest_a constat_fw-la in_o ijs_fw-la nihil_fw-la este_fw-la periculi_fw-la langeran_fw-ge velter_n langeran_fw-ge cuilibet_fw-la licebit_fw-la sine_fw-la genuiscissione_fw-la eos_fw-la custodire_fw-la idem_fw-la de_fw-la canibus_fw-la quos_fw-la ramhundt_fw-mi vocant_fw-la canon_n ramhundt_fw-mi what_o dog_n a_o man_n may_v keep_v in_o the_o forest_n these_o little_a dog_n call_v veltere_n and_o such_o as_o be_v call_v ramhundt_a all_o which_o dog_n be_v to_o sit_v in_o one_o lap_n they_o may_v be_v keep_v in_o the_o forest_n because_o in_o they_o there_o be_v no_o danger_n and_o therefore_o they_o shall_v not_o behox_v or_o have_v their_o knee_n cut_v but_o althought_v they_o be_v lawful_a dog_n they_o must_v be_v lawful_o use_v and_o keep_v as_o it_o do_v appear_v by_o the_o next_o canon_n 33_o quod_fw-la si_fw-la casu_fw-la inauspicato_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la cane_n rabidi_fw-la fiant_fw-la et_fw-la ubique_fw-la vagantur_fw-la negligentia_fw-la dominorum_fw-la redduntur_fw-la illiciti_fw-la man_n the_o price_n of_o a_o mean_a man_n pound_n if_o by_o 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offender_n shall_v be_v indict_v in_o the_o swanimote_a for_o the_o entree_n of_o the_o record_n there_o be_v thus_o presentatum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la forestarios_fw-la et_fw-la duodecem_fw-la iura_fw-la ward_n predict_v '_o et_fw-la convictum_fw-la per_fw-la viridarios_fw-la quod_fw-la a._n b_o tale_n die_v et_fw-la anno_fw-la intravit_fw-la forestam_fw-la de_fw-la p._n cum_fw-la arcubus_fw-la et_fw-la sagit_fw-la be_v et_fw-la ibm_fw-la versavit_fw-la unam_fw-la damam_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la et_fw-la carnes_z cepit_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la fecit_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la svam_fw-la et_fw-la testatum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la vicecom_v quod_fw-la prâ—dicta_fw-la a_o b._n non_fw-la est_fw-la inventus_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o balliva_fw-la sva_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la attachiari_fw-la potest_fw-la nec_fw-la prius_fw-la se_fw-la reddidit_fw-la nec_fw-la scitur_fw-la quo_fw-la devenitur_fw-la ideo_fw-la exigatur_fw-la de_fw-la comitatum_fw-la come_v 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but_o accuser_n of_o offender_n &_o presenter_n of_o offence_n do_v by_o other_o in_o the_o forest_n before_o the_o say_a verderor_n the_o second_o cause_n be_v for_o that_o that_o the_o say_a verderor_n be_v man_n that_o of_o necessity_n must_v be_v learned_a and_o well_o practise_v in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o forest_n and_o such_o offender_n must_v be_v bail_v and_o mainprise_v according_a to_o the_o quality_n &_o degree_n of_o their_o offence_n in_o some_o case_n by_o two_o pledge_n and_o in_o other_o some_o case_n by_o four_o six_o or_o eight_o pledge_n and_o in_o some_o other_o case_n the_o offender_n be_v not_o to_o be_v bail_v at_o all_o by_o the_o say_a verderor_n or_o forester_n as_o it_o have_v be_v already_o show_v before_o nor_o yet_o by_o any_o other_o person_n but_o only_o by_o the_o lord_n chief_a justice_n in_o eyre_n of_o the_o forest_n or_o by_o the_o chief_a warden_n of_o the_o forest_n and_o then_o if_o the_o forester_n or_o other_o officer_n 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the_o forest_n and_o also_o to_o cause_v the_o forester_n to_o present_v the_o same_o offence_n in_o the_o same_o nature_n as_o it_o be_v do_v and_o then_o such_o presentment_n to_o be_v enter_v in_o the_o roll_n of_o the_o verderor_n according_o whereas_o if_o the_o forester_n when_o they_o have_v arrest_v such_o a_o offender_n may_v bail_v such_o offender_n themselves_o at_o their_o own_o will_n &_o pleasure_n without_o the_o verderor_n there_o may_v be_v great_a partiality_n use_v therein_o and_o many_o grievous_a trespass_n conceal_v from_o the_o king_n and_o never_o any_o presentment_n make_v thereof_o before_o the_o verderor_n at_o the_o court_n of_o attachement_n or_o at_o the_o swanimoce_fw-mi court_n recognizance_n obligation_n take_v to_o the_o
breach_n of_o the_o king_n free_a chase_n and_o therefore_o you_o shall_v do_v we_o to_o weet_v 34_o item_n if_o there_o be_v any_o manner_n of_o rent_n or_o service_n wax_n or_o honey_n due_a to_o the_o king_n or_o any_o of_o his_o officer_n of_o this_o forest_n that_o be_v now_o behind_o or_o withdraw_v by_o who_o how_o long_o what_o it_o be_v &_o what_o damage_n it_o be_v to_o the_o king_n you_o shall_v also_o do_v we_o to_o wite_v 35_o item_n if_o there_o be_v any_o man_n that_o dwell_v about_o the_o border_n of_o the_o forest_n which_o keep_v any_o strange_a greyhound_n and_o wait_v when_o the_o king_n dear_a be_v out_o of_o the_o forest_n and_o foreset_v the_o same_o dear_a so_o that_o they_o may_v not_o return_v home_o again_o and_o so_o by_o that_o mean_n be_v slay_v or_o hurt_v you_o shall_v present_v who_o he_o be_v and_o who_o owe_v the_o greyhounde_n that_o he_o may_v be_v punish_v for_o the_o same_o according_o 36_o item_n if_o there_o be_v any_o person_n within_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o this_o court_n that_o keep_v any_o hound_n or_o greyhounde_n that_o may_v not_o dispend_v xl_o s._n by_o the_o year_n of_o freehold_n over_o and_o above_o all_o charge_n according_a to_o the_o statute_n which_o hunt_v in_o the_o purlevy_n as_o of_o his_o own_o authority_n you_o shall_v present_v his_o name_n the_o time_n and_o what_o damage_n he_o do_v to_o the_o king_n in_o diminish_v the_o game_n at_o such_o hunt_n 37_o item_n if_o any_o purrely_a hunter_n puraley_n puraley_n hunt_v often_o than_o thrice_o in_o a_o week_n or_o before_o the_o sun_n rise_v or_o after_o the_o sun_n set_v or_o with_o other_o than_o his_o own_o menyall_n servant_n puraley_n the_o defence_n month_n be_v xv_o day_n before_o midsummer_n and_o xv_o after_o puraley_n or_o otherwise_o on_o sunday_n or_o in_o the_o fence_n month_n which_o be_v the_o time_n of_o fawue_v and_o that_o be_v account_v xv_o day_n before_o midsummer_n and_o xv_o day_n after_o midsummer_n 38_o item_n if_o any_o purluy_fw-fr hunter_n at_o any_o time_n forestall_v the_o king_n dear_a whether_o it_o be_v with_o dead_a hay_n or_o with_o quick_a for_o they_o ought_v to_o let_v run_v at_o the_o tail_n of_o the_o dear_a otherwise_o it_o be_v finable_a as_o if_o he_o do_v hunt_v in_o the_o forest_n 39_o item_n puraley_n puraley_n if_o any_o person_n have_v make_v any_o copy_n or_o closure_n of_o purluy_fw-fr in_o estrayteng_v of_o the_o king_n dear_a from_o the_o forest_n to_o the_o hurt_n of_o the_o owner_n or_o do_v pin_n the_o beast_n of_o any_o commoner_n out_o of_o the_o shire_n and_o not_o put_v they_o in_o open_a pound_n in_o the_o country_n whether_o it_o be_v in_o pawnage_n time_n or_o not_o you_o shall_v do_v we_o to_o weet_v 40_o item_n if_o any_o man_n gather_v any_o acorn_n or_o crab_n in_o the_o forest_n and_o do_v make_v sale_n of_o they_o at_o markete_n or_o else_o where_o to_o the_o hurt_n of_o the_o commoner_n and_o the_o king_n beast_n of_o the_o forest_n you_o shall_v do_v we_o 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forestam_fw-la predictam_fw-la quod_fw-la sint_fw-la coram_fw-la i_o aut_fw-la loco_fw-la meo_fw-la tenente_fw-la ad_fw-la predict_v '_o diem_fw-la et_fw-la locum_fw-la ostensur_n '_o quomodo_fw-la clamant_fw-la habere_fw-la libertates_fw-la franchesias_fw-la seu_fw-la privilegia_fw-la et_fw-la quo_fw-la waranto_n et_fw-la quod_fw-la vos_fw-la sitis_fw-la ad_fw-la tunc_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la cum_fw-la nominibus_fw-la omnium_fw-la predict_v '_o ministror_fw-la '_o et_fw-fr hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la nobis_fw-la remittente_fw-la teste_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o appear_v by_o this_o writ_n that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n do_v differ_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o other_o justice_n in_o eyer_n for_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n may_v make_v their_o deputy_n or_o lieutenant_n to_o execute_v their_o office_n and_o place_n ca._n the_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n may_v make_v a_o deputy_n by_o the_o statute_n of_o 32._o h._n 8._o ca._n and_o so_o can_v other_o justice_n in_o eyer_n do_v but_o that_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o 32._o of_o king_n henry_n the_o 8._o for_o before_o the_o make_n of_o that_o statute_n it_o seem_v that_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n can_v not_o make_v a_o deputy_n or_o lieutenant_n to_o execute_v their_o place_n or_o office_n for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o same_o be_v a_o judicial_a place_n of_o authority_n and_o if_o the_o king_n which_o have_v a_o forest_n with_o all_o the_o incidentes_fw-la unto_o the_o same_o &_o he_o do_v grant_v the_o same_o unto_o any_o other_o person_n the_o grauntée_n shall_v not_o have_v the_o justiceship_n of_o the_o forest_n by_o the_o same_o grant_n nor_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v a_o court_n of_o swanimote_a in_o the_o proper_a nature_n of_o the_o same_o for_o if_o such_o a_o grauntée_n do_v keep_v a_o court_n of_o swanimote_a for_o his_o forest_n he_o can_v do_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o same_o but_o take_v presentmente_n against_o offender_n as_o they_o do_v common_o use_v to_o do_v in_o the_o court_n of_o attachemente_n &_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o that_o the_o grauntée_n by_o such_o a_o grant_n can_v have_v verderor_n nor_o regardor_n for_o they_o be_v choose_v by_o the_o king_n writ_n and_o there_o can_v be_v no_o proceeding_n against_o offender_n in_o forest_n in_o the_o court_n of_o swanimote_a 7._o treherne_n in_o his_o read_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o forest_n foe_fw-mi 7_o master_n hesket_n in_o his_o read_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o forest_n foe_fw-mi 7._o without_o the_o verderor_n and_o regardor_n and_o again_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o vain_a to_o have_v a_o court_n of_o swanimote_a and_o such_o officer_n in_o a_o forest_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a if_o he_o may_v not_o by_o the_o law_n have_v a_o justice_n of_o the_o same_o forest_n that_o may_v cause_v justice_n to_o be_v execute_v of_o such_o presentment_n against_o such_o offender_n but_o yet_o such_o a_o grauntée_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a by_o the_o same_o grant_n may_v have_v forester_n agister_n and_o woodwardes_n for_o the_o safe_a keep_v of_o his_o vert_fw-fr and_o venison_n as_o it_o do_v appear_v by_o master_n hesket_n in_o his_o learned_a read_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o forest_n man_n a_o forest_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n but_o a_o chase_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o another_o man_n foe_z 7._o but_o if_o such_o a_o grauntée_n chance_n to_o have_v any_o trespass_n do_v in_o his_o forest_n by_o offender_n in_o the_o same_o he_o may_v very_o well_o have_v his_o remedy_n against_o they_o by_o a_o action_n at_o the_o common_a law_n and_o so_o the_o common_a law_n have_v not_o leave_v such_o a_o grauntee_fw-mi unprovided_a of_o his_o remedy_n against_o such_o offender_n and_o because_o that_o such_o a_o grauntée_n do_v want_n some_o part_n of_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o forest_n by_o such_o a_o grant_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a difference_n a_o forest_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n may_v be_v a_o forest_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o another_o by_o the_o king_n especial_a grant_n note_v the_o difference_n therefore_o the_o same_o forest_n be_v not_o proper_o a_o forest_n in_o deed_n but_o rather_o a_o chase_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o such_o a_o grauntee_fw-mi and_o yet_o the_o same_o be_v a_o forest_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o king_n but_o if_o the_o king_n by_o his_o letter_n patent_n do_v grant_v a_o forest_n to_o any_o of_o his_o subject_n and_o by_o the_o same_o his_o letter_n patent_n he_o do_v give_v and_o grant_v unto_o the_o grauntee_n full_a power_n and_o authority_n to_o make_v a_o justice_n of_o his_o forest_n and_o to_o have_v all_o the_o officer_n of_o a_o forest_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a as_o verderor_n regardor_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v jura_n regalia_z in_o that_o defalse_a then_o such_o a_o grauntee_fw-mi may_v well_o have_v the_o whole_a authority_n of_o a_o forest_n in_o his_o own_o proper_a nature_n and_o then_o the_o same_o forest_n do_v continue_v a_o forest_n still_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o such_o a_o grauntee_fw-mi by_o reason_n of_o such_o a_o grant_v only_o note_v the_o difference_n whereas_o the_o word_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o carta_n de_fw-fr foresta_n articulo_fw-la secundo_fw-la be_v homines_fw-la vero_fw-la qui_fw-la manent_fw-la extra_fw-la forestam_fw-la non_fw-la venâ—ant_fw-la de_fw-fr cetero_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciarijs_fw-la nostris_fw-la de_fw-la foresta_n per_fw-la commune_v summonitiones_fw-la nisi_fw-la sint_fw-la implacitati_fw-la vel_fw-la plegij_fw-la alicuius_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquorum_fw-la qui_fw-la attachiati_n sunt_fw-la propter_fw-la forestam_fw-la now_o it_o be_v to_o be_v see_v what_o person_n be_v compellable_n by_o this_o statute_n to_o appear_v before_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n by_o this_o general_a sumon_n mention_v in_o the_o branch_n of_o the_o same_o statute_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o before_o the_o make_n of_o this_o statute_n of_o carta_n de_fw-fr foresta_n the_o law_n of_o the_o forest_n be_v that_o all_o man_n within_o the_o county_n aswell_o those_o that_o do_v dwell_v out_o of_o the_o forest_n as_o also_o all_o those_o that_o do_v dwell_v within_o the_o forest_n be_v bind_v to_o appear_v before_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n by_o this_o general_a sumon_n when_o they_o do_v hold_v their_o eyer_n or_o session_n of_o the_o forest_n in_o that_o county_n and_o all_o earl_n baron_n knight_n fréeholder_n and_o other_o be_v bind_v to_o appear_v before_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n by_o this_o general_a sunioâ—s_n at_o their_o general_a session_n before_o the_o make_n of_o this_o statute_n as_o it_o do_v appear_v in_o assisa_fw-la forestae_fw-la facta_fw-la tempore_fw-la henrici_fw-la secundi_fw-la caput_fw-la 19_o in_o hec_fw-la verba_fw-la comites_fw-la barrone_n 19_o assisa_n forestae_fw-la h._n 2_o cap._n 19_o milites_fw-la et_fw-la liberi_fw-la tenentes_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la de_fw-la comitatu_fw-la veniant_fw-la ad_fw-la sumonicionem_fw-la nostri_fw-la forestarij_fw-la sicut_fw-la se_fw-la voluerint_fw-la defendi_fw-la ne_fw-la incidant_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la ad_fw-la placitand'placitaÌ„_fw-mi de_fw-fr forestis_n suis_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la alia_fw-la negotia_fw-la faciend'in_v come_v and_o also_o the_o same_o be_v affirm_v &_o prove_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o statute_n uz_o de_fw-fr cetero_fw-la which_o be_v that_o from_o henceforth_o no_o man_n that_o do_v dwell_v within_o the_o forest_n shall_v be_v compel_v to_o come_v before_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n by_o this_o general_a sumon_n of_o the_o forest_n by_o which_o word_n from_o henceforth_o it_o be_v plain_o note_v and_o show_v unto_o we_o that_o before_o the_o make_n of_o this_o statute_n all_o person_n that_o do_v dwell_v without_o the_o forest_n within_o the_o same_o county_n be_v then_o bind_v to_o appear_v before_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n by_o the_o general_a summons_n which_o be_v a_o very_a great_a vexation_n and_o 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the_o difference_n infra_fw-la rewardum_fw-la forestae_fw-la and_o extra_fw-la rewardum_fw-la forestae_fw-la and_o it_o be_v also_o to_o be_v note_v that_o in_o the_o make_n of_o the_o regard_n of_o the_o forest_n there_o be_v diverse_a officer_n beside_o the_o regarder_n to_o be_v employ_v as_o the_o forester_n woodward_n &_o other_o person_n which_o be_v owner_n of_o the_o wood_n and_o land_n within_o the_o same_o regard_n of_o the_o forest_n and_o if_o any_o man_n have_v a_o regard_n within_o the_o king_n forest_n belong_v to_o he_o of_o inheritance_n and_o have_v there_o of_o certain_a forester_n of_o fee_n belong_v to_o the_o same_o then_o in_o that_o case_n the_o forester_n and_o regarder_n of_o any_o other_o regard_n can_v enter_v in_o there_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n because_o that_o the_o same_o be_v out_o of_o their_o charge_n and_o within_o the_o charge_n of_o other_o but_o yet_o nevertheless_o in_o that_o case_n the_o chief_a wâ—rden_n of_o the_o forest_n together_o with_o 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