74 1 N C L O S U R E S. 5, 



Of common in grofs, he fays, " the lord 

 *' may not iaiprovehimfelf of any parcel; for 

 " it is contrary to grant, though there b- fuf- 

 ** ficient of common." But " ye fhall un- 

 *' derftand that how be it a lord may not im* 

 *' }>rove himfelf of his wafte grounds, yet may 

 *' he lawfully fall and fell all the vvcod, 

 *' brocm, gorfe, furze, braken, fern, bi.flies, 

 " thor:.s, and fuch other, as frct-ilone, lime- 

 " fior.e, chalk, turves, clay, fand, lead-ore, or 

 " tin, to his own ufe •, for the tenant may 

 '* have nothing by reafon of coqimon, but 

 ** only bite of mouth with his cattle." 



Hence wc may conclude, that the cuttin?- 

 oifitel (if pradtifed) was iken merely on fuf- 

 fe ranee. 



In liis explanation of a claufe rcfpedino- 

 pnnage, &c. he fays, " Where this ilatute 

 ''• fpcskcth d^tamgio, that is to be underftood 

 *' where there is any maft growing in the 

 *' lord's wood, whereby men's fwine may be 

 *' fed and relieved ; what profit that mav be 

 *'• to thclcrd ; for tliere is no man that can 

 *' cinirn of right to have the m'all, the which 

 " is a fruit, but the lord ; and the lord fnall 

 y^- Lave ir in forcifvn or outwoods, as well as 



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