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licence fra the Forester: be fiftene days before 
the feast: of Saint John the Baptist, and be 
fiftene days after the said feast, under the paine 
and unlaw of aucht kye’; and a similar fine 
was payable on the third occasion on which cattle 
had been allowed to enter the king’s forest, 
the mulct on each of the two previous times 
being ‘foure pennies.’ If sheep were found 
grazing in the forest, ‘quhither there be ane 
keiper or nocht, the forester may tak ane scheip 
to his awne use of the flock’; while ‘gif goat 
be found in the forest thrise: it is lesome to 
the forester for ilk time, to hang ane of them 
be the hornes, upon ane tree. And for the 
fourt time, to slay ane of them.’ Again, 
‘anent swine, it is ane approuen use and con- 
suetude, to defend and forbid publickly in 
paroch kirkes, that they enter nocht within the 
Forests. And gif they be found within the 
Forest be the Forester after the said inhibition, 
it is lesom to him, for ilk time of three times, 
to tak ane to himself. And gif they be found 
the fourt time, they sall be all taken, and im- 
brocht to the King’s use.’ Pannage was, how- 
ever, provided for in good mast years. ‘Gif 
