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In the county of Nottingham is the cele- 

 brated foreft of Sherwood, which was formerly 

 the frequent fcene of royal amufement. 

 Mansfield, a town in that foreft, was the 

 feat of the king's refidence on thofe occalions 5 

 and it was here that he made an acquaintance 



with the miller of famous memory. This 



foreft was alfo the retreat of another perfonage 

 equally celebrated in the chronicle of ballad, 

 the illuftrious Robin Hood, who with little 

 John, and the reft of his afTociates, making 

 the woody fcenes of it his afylum, laid the 

 whole country under contribution. Sherwood- 

 foreft is, at prefent, a fcene of great defolation ; 

 tho it's woods in various parts are reviving 

 under the aufpices of feveral eminent patrons*, 

 whofe eftates either lie within it, or on it's 

 confines. 



In Shropmire are the veftiges of at leaft four 

 forefts ; Huckftow ; King's-wood > Bridge- 



* The dukes of Norfolk, Kingfton, Newcaftle, and Port- 

 land ; fir George Saville ; fir Charles Sedley ; and others, have 

 made large plantations in feveral parts. 



north ; 



