And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Possessors of the Land next adjoyning to such Highways where they are not Twenty foot broad shall from time to time and att all times keep their Hedges plasht cut or pruned so as no Tree Bush or Shrub shall stand or grow in such Highway nor any Bough or Branch be suffered to hang over the same or any part thereof but the said Hedges shall be kept cut and pared right upp from the Roots and not permitting in any sort to spread into or hang over the Highway or any part thereof to the end that there may be a free and clear passage for Travellers and all sorts of Carriages loaden without being [X1any ways] prejudiced or obstructed by any Hedges Trees Boughs or Branches whatsoever and that the Sun may freely shine into the said Ways to dry and amend the same.
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: anywise O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]