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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58683	A discovery of the true standard-gallon of England what it is, when, and by whom made, and where it is to bee found. By which the assizes of wine, ale, and corn, are to be justly known according to the proportions they bear to this standard-gallon. The which assizes are mentioned in the treatise called Composito Mensurarum, and in all other old books of assizes. This standard being not known to the commissioners and farmers of the excise of beer, and ale, in London, &c. As appeareth by their non-observances of the assizes of beer and ale, giveth a just occasion of the brewers fifth complaint.	S. S.	1658 (1658)	Wing S144A; ESTC R220918	3,177	10

A DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE Standard-Gallon OF ENGLAND What it is when and by whom made and where it is to bee found By which the Assizes of Wine Ale and Corn are to be justly known according to the proportions they bear to this Standard-Gallon The which Assizes are mentioned in the Treatise called Composito Mensurarum and in all other Old Books of Assizes This Standard being not known to the Commissioners and Farmers of the Excise of Beer and Ale in London c. As appeareth by their Non-observances of the Assizes of Beer and Ale giveth a just occasion of the Brewers fifth Complaint Linea recta est tam mensura suae quam obliquae LONDON Printed in the year 1658. The true Assize of Beer and Ale asserted maintained and proved by the Statutes Old Assize-books and general practice of Artists It is the just Complaint of the Brewers that the Gagers of the Commissioners of Excise c. do not observe the Assizes of Beer and Ale according as they are commanded to do by the Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parlament made September the 11. 1643. Article XXIII That they do not Gage the Brewers by the right Standard-Gallon appeareth by these Statutes following First the Ordinance for Measures made in Incertis temporibus and Printed among the Statutes in XVIII Edw. 2. by the consent of the whole Realm of England the Measure of our Sovereign Lord the King was made viz. An English Peny called a Sterling round and without clipping shall weigh 32 Wheat-corns in the midst of the Ear and XX d shall make an Ounce and 12 Ounces one pound and 8l shall make a Gallon of Wine and 8 Gallons of Wine shall make a bushel London which is the eighth part of a Quarter Note That by the Old Law these are the Weights and Measures of the Realm The 12 Hen. 7. Cap. 5º these Weights and Measures in the O●dinance abovesaid are enacted to be Standards in haec verba Wherefore the King our Sovereign Lord by the assent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and the Commons in Parlament assembled and by the Authority of the same Ordeineth Establisheth and Enacteth Which old Law is the Ordinance above That the Measure of the Bushel shall contain 8 Gallons of Wheat and that every Gallon shall contein 8 pound of wheat of Troy-weight and every pound shall contein 12 Ounces of Troy weight and every Ounce shall contein 20 Sterlings and every Sterling shall be of the weight of 32 Corns of Wheat that grow in the mid'st of the Ear according to the Old Law of the Land Note this is the Standard of England And that it pleased the King's Highness to make a Standard of a Bushel and a Gallon after the said Assize to remain in his Highness Treasury for ever Wine-Gallon This Gallon conteins 231 Cubical Inches which is the Wine-Gallon About 40 years after by the Statute of the 23. of Hen. 8. cap. 4. it was Enacted That every Barrel for Beer shall contein 36 Gallons every Kilderkin 18 Gallons every Firkin 9 Gallons of the Kings Standard Gallon Note this is the same Standard Gallon made the 12 of Hen. 7. cap. 5 ●here being no ●ther Standard Gallon ●t that time And that every Barrel for Ale shall contein 32 Gallons every Kilderkin 16 Gallons c. of the King's Standard-Gallon So that they shall be of good and just Measure or else above and not under The same Act of 23 of Hen. 8. farther provideth and explaineth what is meant by these words 36 Standard Gallons or above towards the end of the 4. cap. of that Act It is Enacted that every Cooper which shall hereafter make any the Vessels specified in the said Act shall from the Feast of Pentecost next coming make every such Vessel according to the Assize specified in the Treatise called Composito Monsurarum viz. ●ote this is the ●●me Standard ●allon afore●●id Every Barrel for Ale contain 32 Gallons of the said Assize or above of which 8 Gallons make the Common Bushel to be used in this Realm every Kilderkin 16 Gallons c. So that it appears plainly that the Wine-Gallon is the Standard-Gallon the which Gallon is to this day in the Exch●quer the which was made in Henry the 7th his time by which Gallon are the Coopers Barrels to be made as appeareth by the Statute of 23. Hen. 8 cap. 4º But yet with a respect to the Assize specified the Treatise called Composito Monsurarum The which Treatise is now not to be found Tempus edaxrerum hath swallowed it up but the Assize is still kept up by Tradition of the Coopers in their Scantlings for their Barrels Kilderkins and Firkins their scantlings for Beer and Ale being nothing but the addition of a fifth to Wine-measure which is called Ale-measure and by some Winchester Measure but why called Winchester Measure is not yet well known Mr. Newton in his book grants that the Wine-Gallon doth contein 231 Cubical-Inches Now all the Artists in London do agree that the Wine-Gallon conteins 231 Cubicall-Inches or thereabouts to which if you add a fifth viz. 57 ¾ it makes 288¼ Cubicall-Inches which is the Content of the Ale-Gallon And these 288 ¾ Cubicall-Inches agreeth punctually with the Coopers scantlings and this likewise agreeth with the Ale quart which is the quart part or fourth part of the Ale-Gallon The which Ale-quart is mentioned in 1º Jacobi Cap. 9º where it is enacted that the Inn-keeper Ale-house-keeper or Victualler shall not sell lesse then one full Ale-quart of the best Beere or Ale for a penny The which Ale-quart is a fifth more then the Wine-quart This Ale-quart by the consent of all Artists doth contein 72 3 16 which is the fourth part of 288 ¾ which is the Content of the Ale-gallon by which the Victualler ought to receive his Ale and Beer by And this all the Books of Assize call the Ale-measure and sometimes Winchester Measure And this Ale-quart or Ale-measure was made one fifth bigger then the Wine because of it's foulnesse in working yest and frothing as M. Powell speaks in his Book of Assize The Gallon by which Mr. Lyon Gage●h the Brewers-Tunns is not the Wine-Gallon therefore not the Standard mentioned in the Act therefore not the Standard of England for it holds as he himself affirms 272 Cubicall-Inches which is bigger then the Standard-Gallon and lesse then the Ale-Gallon by one eighteenth part This Gallon was made in the time of Queen Elisabeth about 88 as appeareth by the Superscription It being never confirmed by any Act of Parlament or ever used for the Ale-Gallon untill Winstanley and Mr. Lyon two Novices in the Art of Gag●ing mistaking the Standard-Gallon took that for the Standard of England which was made for no other end but to be a Measure by which the Bushells to measure Water-Corn should be made For if that were the Standard-Gallon as Mr. Lyon by a mistake so calleth it and the Commissioners and Farmers in their answer do affirm and assert to be then all Bushels and Gallons of Towns Corporate which do not agree with It ought by the Act of the 12. of Hen. 7. Cap 9. to be broken so that then likewise the Wine-Gallon it self must be broken becaus it conteineth 41 Cubicall-Inches less then the Corn-Gallon which Mr. Lyon calleth the Standard-Gallon The mistake of which Corn-Gallon for the Standard-Gallon occasioned learned Mr. Oughtred to affirm the Ale-Gallon to contein but 272 Cubicall-Inches And that contrary to the opinion of Mr. Goodwin Mr. Gunter Mr. Reynolds and all the ancient and late Artists and Mathematicians of England for as Accurate Mr. Henry Philips in his late Treatise of Gageing of Vessels observeth that there are in use 3 sorts of Measures the Measure for Wine being 231 Inches the Measure of dry things as Corn c. being about 272 Inches and the Measure for Beer and Ale being 288 Inches ¾ the Proportion between these 3 Gallons he observeth to be 28. 33. 35. And so concludes the Proportion between the Wine and Ale-Gallon to be exactly as 4 to 5. The which he proveth by the London Coopers Scantlings for a Beer-Barrell after this manner The Diameter at the head 19 Inches 9 parts The Diameter at the Bung 23 Inches 0 parts The Length is 27 Inches 4 parts Which being cast up yeildes 36 Gallons and 140 parts over according to 288 ¾ So that the Beer-Barrell agreeth exactly with the Rule of Proportion aforesaid between the Wine-Gallon and the Ale-Gallon which is as 4 to 5. The said M. Philips concluding that the Rule of Proportion of 4 to 5 agreeth very well with the Coopers and Brewers who are most concerned herein and would not willingly lose so much over-measure as Mr. Oughtred and Mr. Lyons Rules intimate but would rather if they had any truth in them be ready to follow them for their own advantage for thereby the Cooper would save his Timber and the Brewer his over-measure Qui non est hodie Cras magis aptus erit