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of York and Lancafter, their quarrel was 

 finally decided. 



In Rutlandfhire is the foreft of Lyfield, 

 ftill in fome part in it's original ftate, and 

 flocked with deer: and in Hertfordfhire are 

 the remains of the foreft s of B ring-wood, 

 Deerfield, Hawood, and Acornbury. 



Wire-foreft, once famous for it's ftately 

 timber, lies on the north-weft of Worcefter- 

 fhire, along the banks of the Severn. In 

 this county alfo we have the foreft of Mal- 

 vern, and Feckingham : the former winds 

 among the hills, whofe name it bears ; and the 

 latter is famous for it's fait fprings, in the 

 boiling- of which it's woods have been almoft 

 exterminated. 



More than half the county of Warwick 

 was formerly a continued foreft-lcene, and was 

 known by the name of Arden ; an old Britifh 

 word, which fignifies a 'wood. Whether this 

 vaft diftricl of wood-land was divided into 



different 



