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B02938 An act for limiting and setling the prices for wines. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th day of September, An. Domini 1656. England and Wales. Parliament. 1657 (1657) Wing E1047; ESTC R215451 748 5

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AN ACT FOR Limiting and Setling THE PRICES FOR WINES At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th day of September An. Dom. 1656. EDINBVRGH Re-printed by Christopher Higgins in Harts Close over against the Trone Church 1657. AN ACT FOR Limiting and Setling THE PRICES FOR WINES BE it Enacted by his Highness the Lord Protector and this present Parliament and by the Authority of the same That for one year to be accounted from the Fifteenth day of August One thousand six hundred fifty seven No Canary VVines Muscadels or Alligants or other Spanish VVines shall be sold by Retail at any Rate Proportion or Price exceeding Eighteen pence the Quart And that no Gascoigne or other French Wines whatsoever shall be sold by Retail at any Rate Proportion or Price exceeding Seven pence the Quart And that no Rhenish Wines whatsoever shall be sold by Retail at any Rate Proportion or Price exceeding Twelve pence the Quart And according to these Rates Proportions and Prices for greater or lesser quantities by Retail all and every the aforesaid Wines shall and may be sold and at no other Rate Proportion or Price exceeding the same respectively upon pain and penalty that every person within England Scotland and Ireland who shall utter or sell any of the said Wines by Retail that is to say By the Pint Quart Pottle or Gallon or by any other greater or lesser Retail-Measure at any Rate Proportion or Price exceedng the Rates Proportions and Prices hereby respectively limited and appointed do and shall for every such Pint Quart Pottle Gallon or other greater or lesser Retail-Measure so sold forfeit the sum of Five Pounds all which afore-mentioned Forfeitures shall and may be recovered by Original Writ of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in which Suit or Suits no Wager of Law shall be admitted nor any Protection or Essoyn allowed The one third part of all such Forfeitures shall be to the use of his Highness the Lord Protector and his Successors and the other two third parts to the use of such person and persons as shall sue and prosecute for the same EDINBVRGH Re-printed by Christopher Higgins in Harts Close over against the Trone Church 1657.