lOO Old Dovecots {Scotland). [Sess. 



the Queenis Grace, with advise of the three Estaites of Parliamente, 

 that the Actes maid be King James the Third and Fifth, anentis 

 the stealing of Halkes, Houndes, Pertrickes, Dukes, and slauchter 

 of Daes, Eaes, Hunting of Deare, taking of Cunnings and fowls be 

 of new published, and the same be put to dew execution, and the 

 breakers thereof to be punished conforme to the pains conteined 

 there-intill : And this Acte to be extended alsweill upon the steallers 

 of Bee-hives, fruit trees, peillers of barkes of trees within Wooddes, 

 and the fowlers lyand at wait with their nettes, as to the slayers of 

 Daes, and Eaes, foresaidis : And the samin paines to be execute upon 

 them with all rigour accordingly. 



James VI. Par. YI. c. 84 (1579). — Forsameikil As there is sindrie 

 lovabil and gude Acts : maid be our soveraine Lord, and his maist 

 Nobill Progenitouris, specially be his hienes Gudschir King James 

 the Fifth, of gude memory, anent planting of Wooddes, Forrestes 

 and Orchardes, sawing of Broome, against the destroyeris thereof, 

 breakirs of Dowcattes, Cunningaires, Parkes, Stankes, Zairdes, slay- 

 ing of Haires, makeris of Mure-burne in forbidden-time, and sindrie 

 like uther thingis, for punishment of the destroyeris of planting, 

 haning and policie. Quhilke Acts, our said Soveraine Lord, with 

 advise of his three Estates in this present Parliament, ratifies^ 

 apprevis and confirmis, and ordainis them to have effect and 

 execution in time cummin g, not only upon the contraveners theirof, 

 bot alswa upon the destroyers and stealers of Bees, and cutteris and 

 pulleris of Broome, with this addition : that quhat-sumever person 

 stealis, pealis, and destroyis green - wood, puUis or cuttis haned 

 Broome, breakis Zairdis, or Orchardes, without the gude will of the 

 awner; that the offender being taken reidhand, may be persewed, 

 and put to the knawledge of ane Assize, befoir the Barron or Landes- 

 Lord of the land or ground, quhidder the offendor be his tennent, 

 unto quhom the wrang is done or not, within three dayes after the 

 apprehension : And uthers not taken reidhand, to be alwaies persewed 

 before the Schireffe, Steward, or Baillie, within quhais boundes and 

 jurisdiction the wrangdoer dwellis. And gif he that receives the 

 wrang and hurt, be Schireffe, Steward, or Baillie himselfe, then the 

 wrangdoer, to be persewed before the unsuspect depute of the saidis 

 Schireffe, Baillie or Steward receivand the wrang. And for the first 

 fault, being convict, be his ain confession or witnesse, sail pay to 

 the awner of wood, broome, or zaird, the avail of the skaith done,, 

 togidder with ten pundes : For the second fault, sail pay to the said 

 awner twentie pundes, with the avail of it that is destroyed : And 

 for the third fault, sail pay to the said awner, fourtie pundes, and the 

 avail of it that is skaithed : And fra thine f oorth, sa oft as the offender 

 failzies theirafter, the said third penaltie to be payed to the awner 

 of the Wood, broome or Zairdes. Bot in case the committer of the 

 wrang be unresponsall, he sail for the first fault be put in the 



