WHereas by the Statute made in the eight and twentieth yeer of the reign of King HENRY the eight for prizing of Wines , it is provided , that the Lord Chancellour , Lord Treasurer , Lord President of the Kings most honourable Councell , Lord Privie Seal , and the Lords chief Iustices of either Bench , or five , four , or three of them , shall have power and authority by their discretions , to set the prizes of all kinde of Wines , as in the said Statute is expressed : And whereas the Lord keeper of the great Seal of England , the Lord chief Iustice of the Kings Bench , and the Lord chief Iustice of the Common-Pleas , the nine and twentieth day of December last past , upon consideration of the Prizes that Wines bear this yeer in forraign parts , did order , That Canary Wines , and Allegant should be sold in grosse at eighteen pounds the Pipe , and Muscadels in grosse at eighteen pounds the Butt , and at twelve pence the quart by Retail : Sacks and Mallagoes at sixteen pounds the Butt in grosse , and at eleven pence the quart by Retail : the best Gascoin and French Wines at eighteen pounds the Tun , and the Rochel Wines , and other small and thin Wines at fifteen pounds the Tun in grosse , and at six pence the quart by Retail ; and according to these proportions for greater or lesser quantities , either in Grosse or by Retail : And that none presume to sell at higher Prizes during the next yeer now ensuing , whereof the Clerk of the Crown is to take notice , and to see the same proclaimed the next Terme in Chancery , according to the Statute . And the said ds did think fit , that a Proclamation should be drawn up for our Signature , to be published thorowout this Kingdom , declaring the Prizes of Wines as they are rated , as aforesaid , to be observed in all the Ports of this Kingdom , and within ten miles of the Ports , allowing some addition of price from places which are more remote , so as the same do not exceed the proportion of a peny in the Quart , or four pounds in the Tun , for the distance of thirty miles of land carriage from the next convenient Port .

Now that all excuse may be removed from such as inhabit in remote parts of this Realm , and that such as shall be found Delinquents herein , may acknowledge their own wilfulnesse the cause of the danger , and penaltie they fall into after advertisement , Our Will and Pleasure is , and by this Our Proclamation We do publish and declare , That the said Prizes and Rates so ordered and set , shall be observed and kept , according as by the Lawes of this Kingdom they ought to be , for one yeer next following , in all Our Ports , and other places within this Realm , where Wines are landed , and within ten miles of those Ports and places . And it is Our Pleasure , that in places where Wines by Land carriage shall be conveyed more then ten miles from the next Port , the severall sorts of Wines aforesaid , shall and may be sold according to the Rates aforesaid , allowing four pounds in the Tun , or one peny in the Quart for the carriage thereof upon Land , every thirty miles from the next convenient Port , And according to that proportion , and not at greater Rates : Straitly charging and commanding such of Our Subjects , and others whom it shall concern , that none of them , during the time aforesaid , presume to sell any of the said Wines at higher Rates , then by this Our Proclamation are declared , under the forfeitures and penalties mentioned in the said Statute , and other the Lawes and Statutes of this Realm ordained in that behalf .