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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Keeping of horſes.A horſe kept by any of the commons or huſ|bandmen to any other vſe than for tillage and laboring of the earth, ſhalbe forfayted to the king by eſcheate.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Counterfayte fooles, with minſtrels and ſuch lyke.Counterfeyte fooles, minſtrels, ieſters, and theſe kinde of iuglers, with ſuch like idle perſons, that range abrode in the countrey, hauing no ſpecial licẽce of the king, ſhalbe cõpelled to learne ſome ſcience or crafte to get their liuing, if they refuſe ſo to do, they ſhal be drawen like horſes in the plough and harrowes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Poſſeſsion of landes.Though the ſonne chaunce to be put in poſ|ſeſſion of his fathers lande by the kings licence, during the life of his father, yet ſhall the ſame landes be forfayted to the king if his father be af|terwardes conuicted of treaſon committed a|gainſt the kings perſon.

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