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&_o genus_fw-la delicti_fw-la 21_o poena_n &_o forisfactio_fw-la non_fw-la una_fw-la eadémque_fw-la erit_fw-la liberalis_fw-la quem_fw-la dani_n ealderman_n ealderman_n vocant_fw-la &_o illiberalis_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o serui_fw-la noti_fw-la &_o ignoti_fw-la nec_fw-la una_fw-la eadémque_fw-la erit_fw-la causarum_fw-la tum_fw-la civilium_fw-la tum_fw-la criminalium_fw-la ferarum_fw-la forestae_fw-la &_o ferarum_fw-la regalium_fw-la viridis_fw-la &_o veneris_fw-la tractatio_fw-la nam_fw-la crimen_fw-la veneris_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la inter_fw-la maiora_fw-la &_o non_fw-la immeritò_fw-la numerabatur_fw-la viridis_fw-la verò_fw-la fractione_n chaceae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la regalis_fw-la excepta_fw-la ita_fw-la pusillum_fw-la &_o exiguum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la vix_fw-la earespicit_fw-la nostra_fw-la constitutio_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la deliquerit_fw-la sit_fw-la criminis_fw-la forestae_fw-la reus_fw-la 22_o si_fw-la libre_fw-la aliquis_fw-la feram_fw-la forestae_fw-la ad_fw-la cursum_fw-la impulerit_fw-la sive_fw-la casu_fw-la sive_fw-la praehabita_fw-la voluntate_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la cursu_fw-la celeri_fw-la cogatur_fw-la fera_fw-fr anhelare_fw-la decem_fw-la solidis_fw-la regi_fw-la emendet_fw-la si_fw-la illiberalis_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la emendet_fw-la si_fw-la seruus_fw-la careat_fw-la corio_fw-la 23_o si_fw-la vero_fw-la harum_fw-la aliquot_fw-la interfecerit_fw-la soluat_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la &_o persoluat_fw-la sitque_fw-la pretij_fw-la svi_fw-la reus_fw-la contra_fw-la regem_fw-la 24_o sed_fw-la si_fw-la regalem_fw-la feram_fw-la stag_n quam_fw-la angli_fw-la staggon_fw-mi appellant_n alteruter_fw-la coegerit_fw-la anhelare_fw-la alter_fw-la per_fw-la unum_fw-la annum_fw-la alter_fw-la per_fw-la dvos_fw-la careat_fw-la libertate_fw-la naturali_fw-la si_fw-la verò_fw-la seruus_fw-la pro_fw-la utlegato_fw-la habeatur_fw-la quem_fw-la angli_fw-la frendlesman_n vocant_fw-la frendlesman_n 25_o si_fw-la verò_fw-la occiderit_fw-la amittat_fw-la libre_fw-la scutum_fw-la libertatis_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la illiberalis_fw-la careat_fw-la libertate_fw-la si_fw-la seruus_fw-la vita_fw-la 26_o episcopi_fw-la abbate_n &_o barone_n mei_fw-la non_fw-la calumniabuntur_fw-la pro_fw-la venatione_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la regales_fw-la feras_fw-la occiderint_fw-la &_o siregale_n restabunt_fw-la rei_fw-la regi_fw-la pro_fw-la libito_fw-la svo_fw-la sine_fw-la certa_fw-la emendatione_fw-la 27_o sunt_fw-la aliae_fw-la praeter_fw-la feras_fw-la forestae_fw-la bestlae_fw-la quae_fw-la dum_fw-la inter_fw-la septa_fw-la &_o sepe_v forestae_fw-la continentur_fw-la emendationi_fw-la fubiacent_a quales_fw-la sunt_fw-la capreoli_fw-la lepores_fw-la &_o cuniculi_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la quà m_fw-la plurima_fw-la animalia_fw-la quae_fw-la quamquam_fw-la infra_fw-la septa_fw-la forestae_fw-la viwnt_fw-la &_o oneri_fw-la &_o curae_fw-la mediocrium_fw-la subiacent_a forestae_fw-la tamen_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la censeri_fw-la possunt_fw-la anglia_fw-it qualia_fw-la sunt_fw-la bubali_fw-la vaccae_fw-la &_o similia_fw-la vulpes_fw-la &_o lupi_fw-la nec_fw-la forestae_fw-la nec_fw-la veneris_fw-la habentur_fw-la &_o proinde_fw-la eorum_fw-la interfectio_fw-la nulli_fw-la emendationi_fw-la subiacet_fw-la si_fw-mi tamen_fw-la infra_fw-la limit_n occiduntur_fw-la fractio_fw-la sit_fw-la regalis_fw-la chaceae_fw-la &_o mitiùs_fw-la emendetur_fw-la aper_n verò_fw-la quanquam_fw-la forestae_fw-la sit_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la tamen_fw-la animal_n veneris_fw-la haberi_fw-la est_fw-la assuetus_fw-la 28_o bosco_n nec_fw-la subbosco_fw-la nostro_fw-la sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la primariorum_fw-la forestae_fw-la nemo_fw-la manum_fw-la apponat_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la fecerit_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la fractionis_fw-la regalis_fw-la chaceae_fw-la 29_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la verò_fw-la ilicem_fw-la aut_fw-la arborem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la quae_fw-la victum_fw-la feris_fw-la suppeditat_fw-la sciderit_fw-la quercu_fw-la praeter_fw-la fractionem_fw-la regalis_fw-la chaceae_fw-la emendet_fw-la regi_fw-la viginti_fw-la solidis_fw-la 30_o volo_fw-la ut_fw-la monis_fw-la libre_fw-la homo_fw-la pro_fw-la libito_fw-la svo_fw-la habeat_fw-la venerem_fw-la sive_fw-la viridem_fw-la in_o planis_fw-la suis_fw-la super_fw-la terras_fw-la svas_fw-la sine_fw-la chacea_n tamen_fw-la &_o devitent_fw-la omnes_fw-la meam_fw-la ubicúnque_fw-la eam_fw-la habere_fw-la voluero_fw-la 31_o nullus_fw-la mediocris_fw-la habebit_fw-la nec_fw-la custodiet_fw-la cane_n greihound_n quos_fw-la angli_fw-la greihounds_n appellant_n liberali_fw-la verò_fw-la dum_fw-la genuiscissio_fw-la eorum_fw-la facta_fw-la fuerit_fw-la coram_fw-la primario_fw-la forestae_fw-la licebit_fw-la aut_fw-la sine_fw-la genuiscissione_fw-la dune_fw-la remoti_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la limitibus_fw-la forestae_fw-la per_fw-la decem_fw-la miliaria_fw-la quando_fw-la verò_fw-la propiùs_fw-la venerint_fw-la emendet_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la miliare_fw-la uno_fw-la solido_fw-la siverò_fw-la infra_fw-la septa_fw-la forestae_fw-la reperiatur_fw-la dominus_fw-la canis_fw-la forisfaciet_fw-la &_o decem_fw-la solidos_fw-la regi_fw-la 32_o velteres_fw-la verò_fw-la quos_fw-la langeran_fw-ge appellant_n quia_fw-la manifestè_fw-la constat_fw-la in_o ijs_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la periculi_fw-la langeran_fw-ge cuilibet_fw-la licebit_fw-la sine_fw-la genuiscissione_fw-la eos_fw-la custodire_fw-la idem_fw-la de_fw-la canibus_fw-la quos_fw-la ramhundt_fw-mi vocant_fw-la ramhundt_fw-mi 33_o quòdsi_fw-la casu_fw-la inauspicato_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la cane_n rabidi_fw-la fiant_fw-la &_o ubique_fw-la vagantur_fw-la negligentia_fw-la dominorum_fw-la redduntur_fw-la illiciti_fw-la mediocris_fw-la emendetur_fw-la regi_fw-la pro_fw-la illicitis_fw-la etc._n etc._n quòdsi_fw-la intra_fw-la septa_fw-la forestae_fw-la reperiantur_fw-la talis_fw-la exquiratur_fw-la herus_fw-la &_o emendet_fw-la secundum_fw-la pretium_fw-la hominis_fw-la 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