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and to aflifl in building the king's camps and forts, 

 being maintained at the king's expence f. In the fame 

 Laws X are many curious particulars concerning 

 horfes : amongft others, I fhall mention the following. 

 A colt under fourteen days old was valued at 4d. Under 

 a year old, the value was 2 4d. From the time he en- 

 tered his fccond year, his value was 48d. In his third 

 year he was worth 6od. and he was then to be deemed 

 fit for ufe. The value of a palfrey was i 2od. A 

 pack-horfe was of the fame value. A cart, or plough- 

 horfe was worth ^od. A perfon that fold a horfe was 

 to anfwer for his being free from the three following 

 iqward complaints : a giddinefs for three days before 

 the time of fale ; a broken wind for three months ; 

 and a dropfy for a year -, and he was not to tire when 

 upon a journey with others : and he was further to 

 warrant, that he neither loathed food nor water ; and 

 if he was fubjeft to thefe failings, the feller was either 

 to take the horfe back, or to return a third part of the 

 price. The qualities of a horfe of burthen are thefe, 

 viz. that he fhould carry a load, draw a carriage up or 

 down hill, and not to be refty. 



If a perfon lamed a horfe, he fliould forfeit the va- 

 lue of the horfe ; and if he mutilated him, he fliould 

 forfeit the third part of the value to the owner. 



He that cut off the hair from a horfe's tail, v.^as 

 obliged to maintain him till it was grown again, and 



-f lb. 167. j; lb. 230. 



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