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" It was true, we give law to hares and deer, because they be beasts of chase ; but it was never accounted either cruelty, or foul play, to knock foxes and wolves on the head as they can be found, because they be beasts of prey. "
A History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I. to the ... - Page 104
by George Brodie - 1822
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in ..., Volume 1

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1707 - 332 pages
...Law, he faid, "It " was true, we give Law to Hares, and Deer, becaufe they " are Beafts of Chafe j but it was never accounted either "Cruelty, or Foul Play,...Foxes and Wolves on the "head as they can be found, becaufe they are Beafts of Prey. In a word, the Law and the Humanity were alike; the One being more...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Begun in the Year ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1717 - 322 pages
...give Law to Hares, and Deer, becaufe they " are Beafts of Chafe ; but it was never accounted either cc Cruelty, or Foul Play, to knock Foxes and Wolves on the " head as they can be found, becaufe they are Beafts of Prey. In a word, the Law and the Humanity were alike; the One being more...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 193

1901 - 604 pages
...the House of Lords, ' that ' we give law to hares and deer, because they are beasts of ' chase ; but it was never accounted either cruelty or foul ' play...to knock foxes and wolves on the head as they can f be found, because they are beasts of prey.' Although we cannot pretend to trace any connexion between...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Volume 1, Part 1

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1807 - 496 pages
...law, he faid, " It was true, we give law to " hares and deer, becaufe they are beafts of chafe ; " but it was never accounted either cruelty, or foul ''...foxes and wolves on the head as they " can be found, becaufe they are beafts of prey." In a word, the law and the humanity were alike ; the one being more...
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The Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 5

Great Britain - 1810 - 632 pages
...have done to others? It is true, we give law to hares and deers, because they are beasts of chace; it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play...these be beasts of prey : The warrener sets traps for powlcats and other vermin, for preservation of the warren. Further, my Lords, most dangerous diseases,...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 5

1810 - 598 pages
...have done to others ? It is true, we give law to hares and decrs, because they are beasts of chace ; it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play...these be beasts of prey: The warrener sets traps for powlcats and other vermin, for preservation of the warren. Further, my Lords, most dangerous diseases,...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 5

William Oldys, John Malham - Great Britain - 1810 - 606 pages
...true, we give law to hares and doers, because they are beasts of chace; it was never accounted cither cruelty or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on...these be beasts of prey : The warrener sets traps for powlcats and other vermin, for preservation of the warren. Further, my Lords, most dangerous diseases,...
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The Harleian miscellany; or, A collection of ... pamphlets and ..., Volume 5

Harleian miscellany - 1808 - 624 pages
...give law to hares and deers, because they are beasts of chace ; it was never accounted either cruelly or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head,...these be beasts of prey : The warrener sets traps for powlcats and other verm in, for preservation of the warren. Further, my Lords, most dangerous diseases,...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 5

William Oldys, John Malham - Great Britain - 1810 - 634 pages
...to hares and dccrs, because they are beasts of chace; it was never accounted either cruelty or foal play to knock foxes and wolves on the head, as they...these be beasts of prey : The warrener sets traps for powlcats and other vermin, for preservation of the warren. Further, my Lords, most dangerous diseases,...
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Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 17

Great Britain - 1810 - 538 pages
...do.ie to other.; ? h is true, we give law to hares and deers, because they be beasts o( cliace. Bat it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head, because these be beasts of prey." — Such, Sir, was the language, such were the principles of the...
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