194 THE LAWS OF ANGLING. 



violence do in defence of himself. If I come 

 upon another man's ground without his licence, 

 or the licence of the law, I am a trespasser, for 

 which the owner may have an action of trespass 

 against me : and if I continue there after warn- 

 ing to depart by the owner, or his servant there- 

 unto authorized, the owner, or his servant by his 

 command, may put me off by force, but not beat 

 -me but in case of resistance by me, for then I, 

 by resisting, make the assault ; but if he beat me, 

 I not resisting, in that case he makes the assault, 

 and I may beat him in defence of myself, and 

 to free myself from his violence. [Agreeable to 

 the rule contained in this barbarous distich : — 



Res dare pro rebus, pro verbis verba solemus, 

 Pro bufis bufas, pro trufis reddere trufas. 



Tilings must be recompenst with things, buffets with blowes, 

 And words with words, and taunts with mocks and mowes. 



Dalton's Country Justice, chap. 72.] 



And in case I shall leave my rod behind in his 

 ground, he may take it damage feasant, but he 

 can neither take it from my person by force, nor 

 break it, but he is a trespasser to me; which 

 seems clear by the case of Eeynell and Cham- 

 pernoon, where Reynell brought an action of 



