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long, besides the carf ; and if nam'd of one, marked 

 one, to contain 16 inches circumference, within a 

 foot of the middle; if of two marks, 23 inches; of 3, 

 28 ; of 4, 35 ; of 5, 38 inches about, and so propor- 

 tionably. 



27. Billets were to be of three foot and four inches 

 in length : The single to be 17 inches and an half 

 about ; and every billet of one cast (as they term the 

 mark) to be ten inches about : Of two cast, fourteen 

 inches, and to be marked (unless for the private use 

 of the owner) within six inches of the middle : Of 

 one cast, within four inches of the end, &c. 



Every bound faggot should be three foot long ; the 

 band twenty four inches circumference, besides the 

 knot. 



In the 43 Eliz. the same Statute (which before 

 only concern'd London and its suburbs) was made 

 more universal ; and that of Ed. 6. explain'd with 

 this addition : For such taleshides as were of necessity 

 to be made of cleft-wood, if of one mark and half 

 round, to be 19 inches about ; if quarter-cleft 

 1 8 inches : Marked two, being round it shall be 

 23 inches compass ; half-round 27 ; quarter-cleft 26 ; 

 marked three, round 28 ; half-round 33 ; quarter- 

 cleft 3 2 ; marked four, being round 3 3 inches about : 

 half-round 39 ; quarter-cleft 38 ; marked five, round 

 38 inches about ; half-round 44, quarter-cleft 43 ; 

 the measure to be taken within half a foot of the 

 middle of the length mention'd in the former Statute. 



Then for the billet, every one nam'd a single, being 

 round, to have 7 inches circumference ; but no 

 single to be made of cleft-wood : If marked one, and 

 round, to contain 1 1 inches compass ; if half-round 13; 

 quarter-cleft 1 2 . 



