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An abstract or the laws of New England as they are now establishedAn abstract or the lawes of New England as they are novv established
London: printed for F. Coules and W. Ley, 1641
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2 If a man kills another mans beast, or dig and open a pit, 1and leave it uncovered, and a beast fall into it; he that killed the beast, or the owner of the pit shall make restitution.
2 If a man kills another mans beast, or digge and open a pit, 1and leave it uncovered, and a beast fall into it; he that killed the beast, or the owner of the pit shall make restitution.
3 If any man's beast kill the beast of another, 1the owner of the beast shall make restitution.
4 If a man's Ox or other beast, 1gore or bite and kill a man or a woman, whether Child or of riper age, the beast shall be killed, and no benefit of the dead beast reserved to the owner, but if the Ox or beast were wont to push or bite in times past, and the owner hath been told it, and hath not kept him in; then both the Ox or beast shall be forfeited and killed, and the owner also put to death, or fined to pay what the Judges and the persons damnified shall lay on him.