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kingdom, upon pain of forfeiture of the fame ; nor 

 any mare of the value of fix fliillings and eight pence, 

 without the king's fpecial licence, upon pain of for- 

 feiture of the fame mare, the owner, or his deputy, 

 receiving for the faid mare, the fum of fix fliillings 

 and eight pence at the time of feizure: the mare or 

 mares to be fold openly, by the proper officer, for the 

 beft price offered, and the half or all the over-price to 

 be to the king, and the other part to him who feized : 

 and farther, that no mare fliall be fent out of the land 

 which is above the value of fix and eight pence, and 

 under the age of three years, without paying the king's 

 cullom of fix and eight pence per mare, the king's 

 fpecial licence being firft obtained. Befides this, ano- 

 ther claufe follows, which muft have been fo effe»5lual, 

 as almofl: to make the preceding regulations totally 

 ufelefs. It enadls, that if any perfon will give for any 

 of the mares fo to be carried, feven JJjillings, it fhall be 

 lawful for him to take away the faid mare for his 

 own ufe, if flie had not been taken before by the 

 king's officer, nor the king's licence firfl obtained ; it 

 being lawful for any denizen notwithftanding, to 

 tranfport an horfe abroad, without the king's licence, 

 provided fuch horfe be for his own ufe, and he de- 

 clares upon oath, at the time of Ihipping, that he does 

 not intend to fell them. 



Another acft was made to prevent the felling, ex- 

 changing, or fending horfes or mares into Scotland, 



wliich 



