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 Answered, "that the Statutes shall be kept." 



Vid. id. 124. 



In the 8th Richard II. it was petitioned by the 

 Commons " that no man take any fry orjish in the 

 River Thames unless the mesh of the net be ac- 

 cording to the statute." Vid. id. 305. 



Here is a recognition of the public right of 

 taking Jish with nets, provided they be of proper 

 assize. 



In the 14th of Richard II. by petition from 

 the Commons, it was prayed " that a remedy 

 may be had against mills, stanks, kiddles, and 

 such like engines and devices on the Thames" 

 Answered, that the statutes shall be observed. 

 Id. 339. 



By Statutes of Richard II. c. 19. and 17 

 Richard II. c. 9, reciting the statute of West- 

 minster 2d. it is directed that " young salmons 

 shall not be taken from the midst of April, 'till 

 the Nativity of Saint John Baptist, in the waters 

 of the Thames, Humber, Ouse, Trent, or any 

 other waters." 



In the 2d Henry V. the Mayor and Com- 



