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Wine Act 1660

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XII.[X1XII. The Prices of Wine.

Penalty.

Provided alwayes and be it Enacted That from and after the First day of September One thousand six hundred sixtie and one noe Canary wines Muskadel or Alegant or other Spanish or sweet Wines shall be sold or uttered by any person or persons within His Majestyes Kingdome of England Dominion of Wales and Towne of Berwicke upon Tweede by retaile for above Eighteene pence the Quart, And that noe Gascogne or French Wines whatsoever shall be sold by retaile above eight pence the Quart, And that noe Rhenish wines whatsoever shall be sold by retaile above Twelve pence the Quart (And according to these Rates for a greater and lesser quantity all and every the said Wines shall and may be sold) upon paine and penalty that every [X2such] person and persons who shall utter or sell any of the said Wines by retaile that is to say by the Pint Quart Potle, or Gallon or [X2by] any other greater or lesser retaile measure at any rate exceeding the rates hereby limitted doe and shall forfeit for every such Pint Quart Potle Gallon or other greater or lesser quantity soe sold by retaile the summe of Five pounds, the one moyetie of which forfeiture shall be to our Soveraigne Lord the King His Heires and Successors and the other moyety to him or them that will sue for the same to be recovered in manner and forme aforesaid.]

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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: and O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X2interlined on the Roll.

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