62 OUR FORESTS AND WOODLANDS 



it happens that there be great abundance of 

 akecornes within the King's Forest, the Forester 

 sail summon the Burgesses and Landwartmen ; 

 that they bring their Swine : to the effect, that 

 the King may have his pannage for them. And 

 this is the forme and maner of the pannage : 

 for ilk cyndirt) that is, for ilk ten swine, the 

 King shall have the best swine : and the Forester 

 ane hog. And gif there be fewer than ten, the 

 King sail have na thing, bot the Forester sail 

 have ane hog, and for ilk auld swine, gif anie 

 be, ane pennie.' In like manner, if horses were, 

 after inhibition, found in the forest, the forester 

 could take a yearling, a two-year-old, and a 

 three-year-old for the first three offences; but, 

 when found for the fourth time, * all the stude 

 salbe taken to the King's use.' 



Men were treated in a lenient and reasonable 

 manner. ' Gif any stranger be found within 

 anie forbiddin place of the forest, and wil sweir 

 upon his wapons, that he knew nocht that way, 

 to have been forbiddin ; and that he knew nocht 

 the richt way : the forester sail convoy him to 

 the common way, and there sail suffer him to 

 passe away without anie trouble. But gif he 



