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of a weak prince, the fpirit of the nation arofe, 

 and endeavoured to refume it's native rights. 

 Succefs at laft attended thefe repeated ftruggles. 

 Forefl-law was abolifhed ; at leaft it's mifchie- 

 vous effects were repreffed. 



But if the people imagined this victory 

 would reinftate them in their native rights 

 over the foreft, they were . miftaken. A new 

 ipecies of law, under the denomination of 

 game-law, arofe upon the ruins of for -eft-law. 

 This law had from it's inftitution an arif- 

 tocratic caft. For the barons and great men, 

 who had wrefted the rigour of foreft-law from 

 the prince, did not mean to free the people 

 from the impofition ; but only to adminifter 

 it themfelves : and thus a thoufand tyrants 

 ftarted up inftead of one. Some of the feverer 

 penalties indeed were abolifhed. A man pre- 

 ferved his eyes, or his hands, tho he killed a 

 pheafant, or a partridge : but he was fined 

 he was imprifoned his dog was mot his 

 arms were taken from him and he was conti- 

 nually teafed with vexatious fuits. Befides, as 

 game-law was more extenfive than foreft- 



4 law, 



