I'll keep my stable-stand where I lodge my wife, I'll go in couples with her.
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I'll keep my stable-stand where I lodge my wife, I'll go in couples with her.
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The four indications of offence against Vert and Venison, in like manner arrange themselves in rhyme - Dog draw, stable stand, Backberinde, and bloody hand;-and this formed the precept of the Forester, and instructed him to seize the trespasser who was taken with the mayneer whilst roaming in the green-wood shade.
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Ah, honest Will Rufus! You were the king for my money – ill betide the fool who shot thee; —you had a halter for every rogue; there was STABLESTAND, when the knave was found in the forest with his bow bent; DOGDRAW, when he was drawing with a hound after the hurt deer; BACKBEAR, when he had killed, and was carrying off, his venison; and BLOODYHAND, when he was seen coursing with blood upon his hands.
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The Law further provides that the Forester may take a man if he be found either at “Dog-draw," "Stable-stand," "Back-bear,” or “Bloody-hand."
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