WHereas by the Statute made in the Eight and twentieth year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, for Priſing of Wines, It is provided, That the Lord Chancellour, Lord Treaſurer, Lord Preſident of the Kings moſt Honourable Council, Lord Privy Seal, and the Lords Chief Iuſtices of either Bench, or Five, Four, or Three of them, ſhall have Power and Authority by their Diſcretion to ſet the Prices of all kinds of Wines, as in the ſaid Statute is expreſſed: By virtue whereof the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, the Lord Treaſurer, the Lord Privy Seal, and the Lord Chief Iuſtice of His Majeſties Court of Kings Bench, the Nineteenth day of December laſt, did Order, That Canary Wines, Allecants, and Muſcadels, be ſold in Groſs at Thirty ſix pounds the Pipe or Butt, and Twelve pence the Pint by Retail; Sacks and Malagaes at Thirty two pounds the Butt, and Eleven pence the Pint by Retail; And that French Wines be ſold at Thirty ſix pounds the Tun, and Twelve pence the Quart by Retail; And Rheniſh Wines in Groſs be ſold at Ten pounds the Aulm, and Eighteen pence the Quart by Retail; And according to theſe Rates (and no higher) in proportion for greater or leſſer Quantities, either in Groſs or by Retail; and that none preſume to ſell at higher Prices during the year next enſuing, to be accompted from the firſt day of February in the year of our Lord God 1673. Now that all cauſe of excuſe from ſuch as Inhabit in remote Parts of this Realm, and that ſuch as ſhall be found Delinquents therein, may acknowledge their own wilfulneſs the cauſe of the danger & penalty they fall into after Advertiſement, His Majeſties Will and Pleaſure is, and by the Advice of the ſaid Lords, and the reſt of the Privy Council, according to one other Statute in that behalf made, in the Fourth year of the Reign of His moſt Noble Progenitor King Edward the Third, by His Royal Proclamation doth Publiſh and Declare, That for One year next following, to be accompted as aforeſaid, Canary Wines, Allecants, and Muſcadels be not ſold in Groſs above Thirty ſix pounds the Butt or Pipe, and Twelve pence the Pint by Retail; And that Sacks and Malagaes be not ſold in Groſs at above Thirty two pounds the Butt, and Eleven pence the Pint by Retail; And that French Wines be not ſold in Groſs at above Thirty ſix pounds the Tun, and Twelve pence the Quart by Retail; And that Rheniſh Wines be not ſold in Groſs at above Ten pounds the Aulm, and Eighteen pence the Quart by Retail; And according to theſe Rates (and no higher) in proportion for greater or leſſer Quantities, either in Groſs or Retail. Which Rates and Prices His Majeſties Pleaſure is, ſhall be duely obſerved in all His Ports, and other Places within this Realm where Wines are Landed, or within Ten Miles of thoſe Ports and Places. And it is His Majeſties Pleaſure, That in thoſe Places where Wines by Land carriage ſhall be Conveyed more then Ten Miles from the next Port, the ſeveral ſorts of Wines aforeſaid, ſhall and may be ſold according to the Rates aforeſaid, with an allowance not exceeding Four pounds the Tun, and One peny the Quart for the Carriage thereof every Thirty Miles, and according to that proportion, and not at greater Rates; Strictly Charging and Commanding ſuch of His Subjects, and others whom it may concern, That none of them (during the time aforeſaid) preſume to ſell any of the ſaid Wines in Groſs or by Retail, at higher Rates then by this His Majeſties Proclamation are appointed, under the Forfeitures and Penalties mentioned in the ſaid Statute, and other the Laws and Statutes of this Realm Ordained in that behalf, and such further Pains and Penalties, as by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, can or may be Inflicted upon Wilful Contemners of His Majeſties Royal Command and Proclamation; Requiring and Commanding all Mayors, Sheriffs, Iuſtices of the Peace, Cuſtomers, Comptrollers, and other Officers of His Majeſties Ports, and all others whom it ſhall concern, diligently to obſerve, take notice of, and attend the Execution of this His Royal Pleaſure, and to give Information to the Lords and others of the Privy Council, of the Delinquents, that they may be proceeded againſt, and receive Puniſhment according to their Demerits.