Provided alwayes and it is hereby encted That in reguard it doth not appeare that the Rate or Duty of eight Pence per Gallon was by his Majesties Commissioners Farmers or other Officers in that Behalfe claimed or demanded by vertue of the said Acts before the first Day of November in the Yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred sixty and six That noe Person or Persons who have imported any Brand yes before that Time shall be charged or chargeable with any more then the Rate and Duty of fower Pence per Gallon for any of the said Liquor called Brandy imported from beyond the Seas before the X1 first Day of November in the Yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred sixty and six. Any Thing in the said Acts or in this present Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: said O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]