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walked, and so retain the name of terras pur oiler, or 

 perambulated and walked ground, and yet no forest." 



Sir Henry Spelman was a member of this Academy, and 

 prepared a paper entitled " Of the Antiquity and Etymo- 

 logy of Terms, and Times for the Administration of 

 Justice in England," which was to have been submitted to 

 the meeting for which arrangements were made, but which 

 was prohibited by King James I. from an apprehension that 

 the members intended to intermeddle with matters of 

 State. Sir Henry Spelman being thus disappointed of 

 reading his discourse to the society, caused it to be 

 printed, and it was afterwards reprinted in the Collection 

 of Curious Discourses with the papers cited. Of other 

 works of his mention has already been made. 



In 1612 was published "The Commons' Complaint/' by 

 Arthur Standlish, gentleman, wherein are stated two 

 special grievances. The first is the general destruction and 

 waste of woods in the kingdom, with a remedie for the 

 same ; also, how to plant wood according to the nature of 

 everie soile, without losse of ground, and how thereby 

 many more and better cattell may be yearely bred, with 

 the charge and profit that yearely may arise thereby. 

 The second grievance is the extreme dearth of victuals. 

 Four remedies are proposed. The first is a general planting 

 of fruit trees, in the discussion of which work information is 

 supplied in regard to the expense and profit of such an 

 enterprise with information in regard to the natural 

 history of the different kinds of trees suggested by the 

 author for culture. 



After " general observations on the great profit that may 

 be made by judicious plantations of timber trees," and on 

 " the necessity of shelter for trees, and the proper method 

 of planting in an exposed situation," with " general obser- 

 vations on the different circumstances that ought to be 

 attended to in making a plantation of trees in different 

 situations," detailed information is given in regard to the 



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