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self, and give divers coats, yet in the end 

 stand still in the field, the other dog without 

 turn giving, running home to the covert, 

 that dog which stood still in the field shall be 

 adjudged to lose the wager. 



15. If any man shall ride over a dog, and 

 overthrow him in his course, though the dog 

 were the worst dog in opinion, yet the party, 

 for the offence, shall either receive the dis- 

 grace of the field, or pay the wager; for be- 

 tween parties it shall be adjudged no course. 



16. Lastly, Those who are chosen judges 

 of the leash, shall give their judgment pre- 

 sently, before they depart from the field, or 

 else he, in whose default it lieth, shall pay 

 the wager by a general voice and sentence* 



Note, That it lieth in the power of him 

 that hath the office of the leash conferred on 

 him, to make laws according to the custom 

 of countries, and the rule of reason. 



