112 A Difcourfe of Forcft -Trees. 



fore to defign a folid Jtftprovewetit in fuch places, his MajeBy muft 

 aflert his/^'wtT, withahrme and high Refolution to Ke^»ce thefe 

 men to their due obedience^ and to aneceffity of fubmitting to 

 their ovpti^ and the;'«/'//cA.utility ^ though they preferv'd their in- 

 duUry this way at a very tolerable rate upon that condition, 

 whiles tome perfono^trnU, and integrity did regulate, andfu- 

 pervife the Mounds and Fences, and deftine fome portions fre- 

 quently fet a partj for the.raifing, and propagating oi Woods, till 

 the whole 'Nation were furnifti'd (or pojierity. 



4. And which work if his Majcfiy Ihall refolve to accomplifhjhe 

 will leave fuch an everlafting obligation on his people, and raife fuch 

 a Monument to his Fame, as the Ages for a thoufand years to come 

 ftiall have caufe to celebrate his precious memory, and his Royal 

 Succejfors to emulate his Virtue. For thus (befides the future ex- 

 pectations) it would in prefcnt be no deduftion from his Majejties 

 Treafure j but (bme increafe , and fall in time to be a fair, and 

 worthy Accejjion to it , whiles this kind o^ propriety would be 

 the mofl: likely expedient to civilize thofe wild and poor Bordur- 

 ers 5 and to fecure the vaft and fpreading heart of the Foreji, 

 ■which with all this Indulgence would be ample enough for a 

 Princely Demeafnes : And if the difficulty be to find out who 

 knows, or acknowledges what are the Bordures j this Article were 

 worthy, and becoming of as ferious an Inquifition, as the J^egijla^- 

 five power of the wrfiole Nation can contrive. 



5. The Sum of all is 5 get the Bordures well Tenanted, by long 

 Terms, and eafic Rents, and this will invite and encourage 7al{^ 

 ers -J whilft the middle, moft fecure, and interiour parts would 

 be a Royalportion. Let his Majejiy therefore admit of any willing 

 Adventurers in this vafl: Circle for fuch Enclofures in the FrecinBs j 

 and rather of mor-e, then of few , though an hundred, or two 

 fhould joyn together for any Enclofure offive hundred Acres more, 

 or lefs 3 that multitudes being thus engaged , the confideration 

 might procure, and facilitate a full difcovery of latter Encroch- 

 ments, and fortifie the recovery by favourable Rents, Improve- 

 ments and Reverfions by Copy-hold, or what other Tenures and Ser- 

 vices his Majeiiy fhall pleafe to accept of. 



6. Now for the planting of Woods in fuch places (which is the 

 only defign of this whole Treatife) the Hil/s, and rough Grounds 

 will do well 5 but they are the rich fat Fales, and Jiats which do 

 beft deferve the charge of ^F^i^x , fuch as that jpot affords, and 

 the Haw-thorn well plafh'd Cfingle or double ) is a better, and 

 more natural Fence then unmorterd walls, could our indviftry ar- 

 rive to the making of fuch, as we have defcrib'd : befides, they 

 are lafting, and profitable; and then one might allow fufficicnt 

 bordnre for a Mound of any thicknefs, which may be the firfl: 

 charge, and wellfupportcd, and rewarded by the culture of the 

 Land thus enclofed. 



7. For Example, fuppofe a man would take in 500 Acresi of 

 good Land , let the Mounds be of the wildefi: ground, as fittcft 

 for wood : Two hedges with their Valations, and Frenches will be 



requifite 



