(16) Harleian, 493 B. f. 498. This copy occurs in 

 the second of two small volumes of statutes written in 

 a fourteenth century hand. On a fly leaf of the first 

 volume, in a hand of the following century, is ' Per fra- 

 trem Johanem Lathbury Seniorem Liberetur fratribus 

 minoribus de Eedyng.' Walter of Henley's treatise is in 

 a different hand from the rest of the volume, and appears 

 to have been transcribed from a mutilated copy. It begins, 

 'Beau filz a leal gentz vous acoyntez,' and ends, 'Owe 

 respondera par an xij. d. gelyne respondera par an iij. d. et 

 a la fotz a iij.d.,' and this last sentence comes immediately 

 after the chapter on sheep. The chapter, ' coment home 

 despendre ses biens,' ends abruptly ' secle ' (see below, p. 6), 

 and the next begins at • par lestente ' (ib.). The rest of the 

 MS. however is identical with Lansdowne, 1176, and has 



