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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. Chap.XXXIV, penage, tobe cut down; till his own SUrVEYOrS, and Officers, have firft warkedthem outs; norare any fe/’d beyond fucha Circuit ; Then are they fufficiently fewe'd by him who buys; and no Cattle whatfoever fuffer’d to be putin, till the very feedlings(which {pring up of the Acorns) are perfectly out of danger, But thefé, and many other wholfom Ordinances, efpecially, as they concern the Foreft of Dean, we have comprifed in the late Statute of the twens tieth of his Aajefties Reign, whichI find Enacted five years after the firft Edition of this Treatife - And thefe Lames are worthy our perufal; as alfo the Statute prefcribing a Scheme of Proportions for the feveral {cantlings of Building-Timber(befides what we have already touched Chap. 31.) which you have 19 Car. 2. intituled, An AG for the Re-building of London; to which I refer the Reader, CHAP. XXXIV. The Parenefis and Conclufion , containing fome Encouragements and Propofals, for the Planting , and Improvement of bis Majefties Forefts, Chap. XXXIV, A Difcourfe of Forett-Trees, are arriv’d to fome magnitude, and ftand at competentdiftances 5 a hundred, or fifty yards (for their Roots derive relief far beyond the reach of any boughs ) as do the Wallnxt-trees in Burgundy , whichftand in their beft Plow'd lands. 3- But,that we may particularizein his Afajeffies Foreffs of Dean, Sherewood, Gc. and in fome fort gratifie the Queries of the Ho- nourable, the principal Officers and Commiffioxers of the Navy; I am advis'‘dby fuch as are every way judiciows , and of long experience in thofe parts 5 that to exclofe would be an excellent way 3 Butit is tobe confider'd, that the People, viz. Forefters, and Bordua vers, are not generally fo civil,and reafonable, as might be wifhed; and therefore to defign a folid Improvementin fuch places, his AZajefty mutt affert his Pomer,with a firm and high Refolution to reduce thefe mento their due Obedience , and toaneceflity offubmitting to their ewa, and the pablick utility ; though they preferv'd their induftry this way, at avery tolerable rate upon that condition > whiles fome perfon oftruft, and integrity, did regulate, and fupervifethe Aoveds and fences, and deftine fome portions frequently fet apart, for the raifing, and propagating of Woods, till the whole Nation were furnilh'd forpofterity. 4. And which Work if his A/ajefty fhall refolve to accomplith ; he will leave fuch an everlafting Obligation on his People, and raife fuch a Monumentto his fame, as the Ages for a thoujand years to come, fhall have caufe to celebrate his precious Memory, and his Royal Succeffors to emulate his Virtue. 1, QInce our Forefis are undoubtedly the greateft Atagazines OF S the Wealth, and Glory of this Nation 5 and our Oaks the tru- eft Oracles of its perpetuity and happineffe, as being the onelyfup- port of that Navigation which makesus fear’d abroad, and flourifh at Home; it has been {trangely wonder'd at by fome good Patriots, howit comes to pafie that many Gewtlemen have frequently re- pair'd, or gain'd a fuddenFortune,with Plowing part oftheir Parks, and fetting out their fat grounds to Gard’ners,@c, and very wild mood-land parcels (as may be inftanc’d in feveral places) to dreflers ot Hop yards,@xe whiles theRoyal portion lyes folded upina Napking uncultivated, and neglected 5 efpecially,thofe Great, and ample Forefis ; where though plowing, and fowing has been forbidden, a Royal Command , and Defign, may well difpenfe with it, andthe breaking up ofthofe Intervals, advancethe growth of the Trees toan incredible Improvement, A 2. It istherefore infitted on, that there is nota cheaper, eafier, Or more prompt expedient to advance Ship timber, than to folicit, that in all his A¢ajefties Forefts, VVoods, and Parks , the fpreading Oak, Ge. (which we have formerly defcribed ) be cherifh'd » by Plowing, and fowing Barley, Rye, &c. ( with due {upply of culture and Soy/, between them as far as may ( without danger of the Plow-foare_) be broken up, But this js onely where thefe Trees are For thus ( befides the fu- ture expectations) it would in prefent, be no dedudtion from his Majeflies Treafure, but fome increafe ; and fallintime tobe fair and worthy Acceffion co it; whiles this kind of propriety would be the moft likely expedient to civilize thofe wild and poor Bordurers; and to fecure the vaft and {preading heart of the Fore/t,which with all this Jzdulgence, would be ample enough for a Princely Demeafnes : And if the difficulty be to find out who knows , or acknowledges what are the Bordures ; this Article were worthy , and becoming ofas ferious an Inguifition, asthe Legiflative Power of the whole Natioz can contrive. 5. TheSumofall, is; get the Bordures well Tenanted, by long Terms, and ealie Rents, andthis will invite and encourage Takers 5 whilft the middle, moft fecure, andinteriour parts would bea Royal portion, Let his Adajefty therefore admit of anywilling 4dvexzturers in this vaft Circle torfuch Exclofures in the Precin@s; and ratherofmore, than offew, though an Auzdred or two, fhould joyn together for any Exclofure offive hundred Acres more, or lefle 5 that multitudes being thus engaged, the confideration might pro- cure, and facilitate a fu'l difcovery of latter Encroachments , and fortifie the recovery by favourable Rents, Improvements, and Re- verfions by Copy-hold, or what other Tezures and Services his Ma- iefy fhal! f leale to accept of, ae 6, Now for the Planting of Woods in fuch places ( whichis the his whole Treatife) the Hills, and rough Grounds Ef will |