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<P>A REPLY TO A MOST untrue Relation made and &s;et forth in Print, By <HI>Certaine</HI> VINTNERS, in excu&s;e of their Wine PROIECT.</P>
<P>Printed in the Yeare, 1641.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="reply">
<PB REF="2">
<PB N="3" REF="2">
<HEAD>A Reply to a mo&s;t un|true Relation made, and &s;et forth in Print, by certaine VINTNERS, <HI>in excu&s;e of their Wine</HI> PROIECT.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>To contend with men that deny their owne pub|like Acts, is a hard taske; yet for better mani|fe&s;tation of truth to the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons, its nece&s;&s;ary that &s;omewhat more be &s;aid, touching the Wine <HI>PROIECT.</HI></P>
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<P>_IT hath been already &s;et forth, and plainely &s;hewed, even by the or|ders of <HI>Vintners</HI> Hall. That the retailing <HI>Vintners</HI> of <HI>London</HI> con|trived that Project at their com|mon Hall in <HI>November,</HI> 1637.</P>
<P>That they pro&s;ecuted it, and petitioned for it;
<PB N="4" REF="3">And as it appeares by the Project it &s;elfe, that none but the <HI>Vintners</HI> could have contrived it. So the truth is, the covetou&s;ne&s;&s;e of the <HI>Vintners,</HI> with their de&s;ire to Monopolize the &s;ole retai|ling of Wines, and their pride and malice to the Coopers put them upon it.</P>
<P>Their covetou&s;ne&s;&s;e; For they propounded, and would have no le&s;&s;e then 4. <ABBR>l.</ABBR> a Tunne on all <HI>French,</HI> and 8. <ABBR>l.</ABBR> on <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wines, to pay the King 40. <ABBR>s.</ABBR> re&s;titution of 6000. <ABBR>l.</ABBR> liberty to dre&s;&s;e meat, &s;ell Sugar, Beere, and Tobacco: re&s;traint of Wine Licen&s;es in or neere the Citie, inlarge|ment of their Charter, and other great benefits: and all this for bare 40. <ABBR>s.</ABBR> a Tun to the King.</P>
<P>Their pride and malice to the Coopers. They would not have a Cooper to live, but as their &s;ervant, the poore Coopers mu&s;t not &s;ell a rund|let of Wine, they mu&s;t be &s;uppre&s;&s;ed, to advance their Lords &amp; Ma&s;ters, the <HI>London</HI> Vintners, that &s;o they might Monopolize to them&s;elves the re|taile of Wines both in Citie and Country. That was the Vintnersend by this Project, for by it they tied up the Marchant from &s;elling to Coo|pers or Countrey Vintners.</P>
<P>And albeit the truth of the&s;e particulars ap|peares clearely by the Project it &s;elfe, and the Vintners orders: yet the Vintners are not a&s;ha|med to affirme, and that in Print too, in the front of their untrue relation.</P>
<PB N="5" REF="3">
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<ITEM><HI>Fir&s;t, that the generalitie of Retailers di&s;liked this Project.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Secondly, that what&s;oever they did in it, was by compul&s;ion.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thirdly, that they received great and in&s;upporta|ble lo&s;&s;e by it.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>What truth is in the&s;e men? Doth it not plain|ly appeare by their owne Order of the 22. of <HI>November,</HI> 1637. That the generality of Retai|lers contrived it at their Hall, and have they not all taken the benefit of it, <HI>viz.</HI> a penny and two pence in the quart?</P>
<P>Is it then to be beleeved that they di&s;liked it?</P>
<P>And what can be more manife&s;t, then that it was the de&s;igne and worke of the generality. For the whole Comittee could not, much le&s;&s;e could Alderman <HI>Abel,</HI> or any particular man, conclude any thing in it without the con&s;ent and direction of the generalitie, as appeares fully by the Or|ders of the &s;ixt, the 22. and the 27. of <HI>Novem|ber,</HI> 1637.</P>
<P>The Comittee was from time to time to give account of their proceedings to the Gene|ralitie, and were &s;o limited by the orders of the generality.</P>
<P>Doth it not appeare by their fore&s;aid Order of the 27. of <HI>November,</HI> that they petitioned for it?</P>
<P>Did they not ratifie and confirme it at a gene|rall
<PB N="6" REF="4">Court, as by their Order of the &s;eventh of <HI>February</HI> 1637. and by eight &s;ub&s;equent Orders made at their common Hall?</P>
<P>How vaine then is their pretence of threats, or compul&s;ion.</P>
<P>As to the third, That they received great, and almo&s;t, in&s;upportable lo&s;&s;e by it.</P>
<P>Doe not all men know that from <HI>February</HI> 1637. to <HI>December</HI> 1640. the Vintners have ta|ken on all <HI>French</HI> Wines 4. <ABBR>l.</ABBR> a Tun, and from <HI>February</HI> 1637. to this day, being above three yeares and an halfe, on <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wines 8. pound and 12. pound a Tunne, above the &s;et price, and not paid the 40. &s;hillings to the King, one full yeare and halfe.</P>
<P>All the&s;e exce&s;&s;ive gaines they have exacted by colour of this their Project.</P>
<P>Ought they not then to bee a&s;hamed to &s;et forth in Print, that they have received great, and in&s;upportable lo&s;&s;e by it?</P>
<P>But what fal&s;hood will not the&s;e Vint|ners affirme for truth, and what truth will they not deny and outface, who &s;ay, they have great lo&s;&s;e by this Project, when their gaine is &s;o no|torious, and deny their owne Orders which they made at their common Hall?</P>
<P>Their Orders which they would now denie, have been &s;everall times proved at the Comit|tee, and out of tho&s;e their owne Orders (again&s;t which no mode&s;t or hone&s;t men would contend)
<PB N="7" REF="4">they have upon tenne &s;everall hearings, beene foure times voted by the Comittee, to bee the Contrivers and Pro&s;ecutors of this Project, and Delinquents, and they have been twice &s;o vo|ted by the whole hou&s;e of Commons in the&s;e words.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Mercurij</HI> 21. <HI>Iulij</HI> 1641.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion.</HI></P>
<P>THat the Company of Vintners by their owne offer of 40. &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tunne up|on Wines to his Maje&s;tie, and demands of liber|tie to rai&s;e a penny <HI>per</HI> Quart upon <HI>French,</HI> and two pence a Quart upon <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wines, and pro|&s;ecuting the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, as appeareth by their own Orders, are Contrivers of the &s;aid unlawfull Impo&s;itions, and are Delinquents.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion.</HI></P>
<P>THat all tho&s;e Vintners that were parties to the Indentures, Sharers and Contrivers of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition of 40. &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tunne, and one penny <HI>per</HI> Quart are Delinquents, and
<PB N="8" REF="5">ought to give &s;atisfaction to the Common|wealth.</P>
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<P>In the&s;e Votes there can bee no error: For it appeares clearely by the Vintners Booke of Or|ders of their Hall, That they offerd the 40. &s;hil|lings a Tunne, and demanded libertie to rai&s;e a penny, and two pence a quart, and pro&s;ecuted the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e; An infallible proofe again&s;t them, in which there can be no corruption, and again&s;t which no exception can be taken; their owne Booke condemnes them.</P>
<P>And the Vintners and &s;even Coun&s;ellors for them were heard by the Comittee, above tenne &s;everall daies with much patience; and upon the te&s;timony of their owne booke of Orders they were on the 17. of <HI>Iune,</HI> 1641. Voted by the Comittee to be the Projectors, Contrivers and Pro&s;ecutors of the &s;aid Project, and Delinquents; and that Uote was foure times confirmed by the Comittee.</P>
<P>The&s;e Uotes &s;tanding good again&s;t the Uint|ners, as they are mo&s;t iu&s;t, Ma&s;ter <HI>Kilvert</HI> is much comforted in a &s;trong Faith, That he &s;hall &s;hew ju&s;t cau&s;e to the Honourable Hou&s;e of Co|mons to alter their Uotes again&s;t him.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, in regard that &s;ince that Uote again&s;t him, he hath made a materiall part of the truth to appeare, which then he could not &s;o cleerely manife&s;t.</P>
<PB N="9" REF="5">
<P>Secondly, for that he is ready now to make the whole truth of the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, fully and clear|ly to appeare, both touching the creation and ex|ecution thereof. And in truth, it is another thing then it appeared to the Comittee to be, when he was Uoted.</P>
<P>The part of the truth, which he hath alrea|dy made to appeare, is:</P>
<P>That the retailing Vintners contrived this Project among&s;t them&s;elves, at their common Hall, in <HI>November,</HI> 1637. Petitioned for it, and pro&s;ecuted it.</P>
<P>That which he is now ready to prove, is</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, that he was not pre&s;ent at, or privie to, the framing or contriving of the &s;aid Project; nor came, or &s;ate among&s;t the Vintners in their A&s;&s;embles at their Hall, or el&s;ewhere, untill they had contrived, and concluded upon the &s;aid Pro|ject, and that the chiefe Vintners pre&s;ent at tho&s;e meetings, have often acknowledged a&s;much.</P>
<P>Secondly, That a principall witne&s;&s;e exami|ned again&s;t him, when he was voted by the Co|mittee, hath &s;ince his examination acknowledg|ed (as the truth is) that hee was mi&s;taken in the maine point of his te&s;timony.</P>
<P>Thirdly, that all tho&s;e that te&s;tified again&s;t him, when he was Voted by the Comittee are parties to the Project, and Delinquents; <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<PB N="10" REF="6">
<Q><L>Parties to the Originall contriving the Project.</L>
<L>Parties to the Indentures of creation, of the Pro|ject:</L></Q>
<P><HI>And</HI></P>
<Q><L>Parties that tooke benefit by the Project.</L></Q>
<P><HI>So that they all &s;poke in excu&s;e of them|&s;elves.</HI></P>
<P>The&s;e particulars he could not &s;o fully prove before the Vote, being much &s;treightned in time by Ma&s;ter <HI>Hearne,</HI> of Coun&s;ell for Alderman <HI>Abell,</HI> who &s;pent almo&s;t two daies in recrimina|tion of Ma&s;ter <HI>Kilvert,</HI> again&s;t truth, and the di|rection of his clyent, and le&s;t not <HI>Kilvert</HI> two houres for his defence.</P>
<P>And &s;ithence the&s;e particulars are &s;o materi|all, and nece&s;&s;ary to ma&s;ter <HI>Kilverts</HI> ju&s;t defence, he cannot doubt of the goodne&s;&s;e of the Hou&s;e of Commons (&s;o great lovers of truth) that they will be plea&s;ed to admit him to prove the truth.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, touching the Execution, It appeares fully by a Letter written, and &s;ent to Alderman <HI>Abel</HI> and ma&s;ter <HI>Rowland Wil&s;on,</HI> by <HI>George Grif|fith,</HI> and confe&s;&s;ed by <HI>Griffith</HI> before the Com|mittee, that the &s;aid <HI>Griffith</HI> projected and de&s;ign|ned the manner of Execution of this Project, and he accordingly put it in Evecution, and had 200. pound a yeare Fee for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>The Letter and In&s;tructions follow in the&s;e very words.</P>
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<PB N="11" REF="6">
<OPENER><SALUTE>Wor&s;hipfull,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>LAtely meeting with &s;ome Judiciall men who were conferring about your pre&s;ent Contract, &s;ome &s;aid it would be a profitable bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, if well managed; and confe&s;&s;ed that none &s;o fit to manage it as our Compa|ny: I was bold to reply, that I was a&s;|&s;ured it would be well managed, and that we had as able men, both wett and dry Vint|ners in our Company, to contrive and doe it as any otherwhere could bee &s;elected: and therefore to make good my word, and that the event &s;hould proove it, I being a mem|ber of our Company, and one of the A&s;si|&s;tance, I hold it my dutie to note any thing that will any way advance the &s;aid Com|panies honour and profit: and therefore I pre&s;ent the above written unto your Wor&s;hips, which I acknowledge to be meane to your abi|lities and grave experience; Yet if you plea&s;e but to peru&s;e it, and to make u&s;e of any thing therein fit for your better remem|brance, I &s;hall take it as a favour: and &s;o to God Almighty recommending you, and
<PB N="12" REF="7">all your Wor&s;hips good endeavours. I &s;hall ever re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Your a&s;&s;ured faithfull brother and Servant,</HI> George Griffith.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE><DATE><HI>13.</HI> Feb. <HI>1637.</HI></DATE></DATELINE> 
<SALUTE>To his re&s;pected good friends the Wor&s;hipful, WILLIAM ADELL Alderman, ROVVLAND WILSON <ABBR>E&s;quire</ABBR>, and to all the re&s;t of the Vintners &s;elected to be Con|tractors with his Maje&s;ty, the&s;e pre&s;ent.</SALUTE></CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="letter">
<PB N="13" REF="7">
<HEAD>To the Wor&s;hipfull Alderman ABELL, and the re&s;t of the Contractors.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Advice for the better advance of the Wor&s;hipfull Company of Vintners Contract, now with his gracious Maje&s;tie, and Licen&s;es with the Right Honourable, <HI>GEORGE,</HI> Lord <HI>GO|RING.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THe Contractors to have a &s;peciall care to obtain as large a grant, as can be granted, and in particular.</P>
<P N="1">1. That the two Articles fir&s;t propo&s;ed, be ab&s;olutely confirmed; e&s;pecially, tho&s;e that concerne the libertie, fredome, and good of the Retailing Vinmer, as is be&s;t knowne to your Wor&s;hips.</P>
<P N="2">2. That in the Grant a <HI>provizo</HI> bee made, That his Maje&s;tie and his Heires &s;hall put no fur|ther Cu&s;tome, Impo&s;t, or charge on Wines, then is at the making of the Grant.</P>
<PB N="14" REF="8">
<P N="3">3. That defalcation be made in ca&s;e of wars with <HI>France</HI> or <HI>Spaine.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. That defalcation bee made in ca&s;e of plague, or great mortalitie.</P>
<P N="5">5. That defalcation bee made in ca&s;e any Marchant or Retailer &s;hould refu&s;e to pay the 40. &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tunne, and that the Contractors u&s;ing all po&s;&s;ible meanes, and cannot by Law or power compell paiment, in &s;uch ca&s;e fit his Ma|je&s;tie make defalcation.</P>
<P N="6">6. That his Maje&s;tie grant an ample Com|mi&s;&s;ion to &s;ome eminent Nobleman, and to the Contractors and their Deputies, to take and leavie the 40. &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tunne, and for the future, that the Marchant regi&s;ter their &s;ales in thirtie dayes, or in default that hee pay the 40. &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tunne, for &s;uch Wines as by the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e, or otherwi&s;e, it &s;hall appeare he hath received.</P>
<P N="7">7. That before the day of the commence|ment of the Contract, that a generall &s;earch be made in all Sellars of Wines, and regi&s;ter be ta|ken of them, that the Contractors may receive the 40. &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tunne.</P>
<P N="8">8. That his Maje&s;ties rent be made pay|able
<PB N="15" REF="8">once, or at mo&s;t, but twice in one yeare.</P>
<P N="9">9. That the Contract bee made for at lea&s;t 14. yeares, and if that will not be granted, then to be well advi&s;ed, whether you will take the Lord <HI>Gorings</HI> Licen&s;es from him or his Maje&s;tie, if you can procure 14. yeares from his Maje&s;tie, then all to be taken from his &s;aid Maje&s;tie; o|therwi&s;e, under your favour, I hold it fitte&s;t you take the Licen&s;es, and continue it from the Lord <HI>Goring,</HI> and my rea&s;on is, that if from his Maje|&s;tie you have but a &s;hort time, and the Contract by your Indu&s;try made profitable, others may Farme it heereafter from you, which if you have the Licen&s;es, they will not be &s;o ready, or &s;o a|ble to doe, and &s;o by that meanes you may be af|&s;ured to have it for 14. yeares.</P>
<P N="10">10 That whereas Sir <HI>Iohn Rainenam</HI> K. hath the Licen&s;es for <HI>Cornwall</HI> and <HI>Devon.</HI> it is very fit for you likewi&s;e to take it in, which may bee ea&s;ily done, and hope on rea&s;onable tearmes, and to move him to grant it, you may advi&s;e, that all Marchants that importeth Wines into tho&s;e parts, mu&s;t pay 40. &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tunne, and that you will not grant the Retailers in tho&s;e parts, to &s;ell for a penny a Quart above the rates, ex|cept they will come in to you.</P>
<P N="11">11. That you have his Maje&s;ties Proclama|tion,
<PB N="16" REF="9">&s;ignifying his gracious plea&s;ure for pai|ment of the 40. &s;hillings per Tun, &amp;c. as Coun|&s;ell &s;hall advi&s;e.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>When your Contract is fini&s;hed, then the&s;e fol|lowing Officers to be had, and a convenient hou&s;e for meetings.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1 A Receiver generall, to account on oath for all he receiveth, and payeth out, and he to give good &s;ecuritie for what value he &s;hall be intru&s;ted with.</P>
<P N="2">2. A Secretarie.</P>
<P N="3">3. An able Accomptant.</P>
<P N="4">4. A Beadle.</P>
<P N="5">5. A me&s;&s;enger to attend the Commi&s;&s;io|ners.</P>
<P N="6">6. Such other Officers (as one at the Cu|&s;tom-hou&s;e to take the entries of all Wines) as you &s;hall hereafter finde nece&s;&s;ary, for the a|gitating of the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e in per&s;on abroad in the Countrey.</P>
<P>Now, as by the Orders of Vintners Hall it appeares, and is &s;o Voted, that this Project was contrived by the Company of Vintners: So it al&s;o appeares by this Letter of <HI>Griffith,</HI> (who was one of the principall Contrivers) That it was de&s;igned for the advancement of the Com|pany,
<PB N="17" REF="9">and the benefit of the generality: and that <HI>Griffith</HI> was the principall Projector and contri|ver in the execution.</P>
<P>On the &s;eventh of <HI>February,</HI> 1637. at a general Court at Vintners Hall, the Project was confir|med by the Generality, and the Contractors named; and &s;ix daies after, <HI>viz.</HI> the 13. of <HI>Fe|bruary, Griffith</HI> writes to the two principall pil|lars of the Company, and directs the forme and manner of execution, for the be&s;t advancement of the Company.</P>
<P>So that now this whole bu&s;ine&s;&s;e being found to be the worke of the Company, both in the creation and execution, Ma&s;ter <HI>Kilvert</HI> is mo&s;t confident of the ju&s;tice of the Honorable Hou&s;e of Commons, That they will not puni&s;h him for the Vintners offence, there being no Petiti|on, or complaint again&s;t him, other then the re|crimination of the Coun&s;ell of Alderman <HI>Abell,</HI> and the Vintners.</P>
<P>The truth of the fact touching <HI>Kilvert,</HI> now manife&s;tly appearing otherwi&s;e, then when he was Voted; It can no way derogate from the Honour and Ju&s;tice of the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons to recall their Uote.</P>
<P>Which hee mo&s;t humbly prayes, they will vouch&s;afe to doe in their wonted goodne&s;&s;e, the rather, &s;ithence by his endeavour and &s;ole charge a great &s;umme of money will bee ju&s;tly rai&s;ed
<PB N="18" REF="10">from the &s;everall Vintners, that have unju&s;tly taken it from the Subject, by colour of this their Project.</P>
<P>For the gaine that the Vintners have made by this Project, It hath beene already &s;hewen and proved before the Comittee, to amount to above two hundred thou&s;and pounds.</P>
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<HEAD>This their gaine hath ri&s;en three &s;everall waies.</HEAD>
<P>Fir&s;t, by beating downe the Marchants pri|ces, by which alone they have gained, in the&s;e three la&s;t yeares, above &s;ixtie thou&s;and pounds: this was proved before the Comittee, by Mar|chants of worth, and appeares by the Marchants prices of the &s;ales of their Wines, certified by order of the Comittee.</P>
<P>Secondly, By the penny a Quart on al <HI>French,</HI> and two pence a Quart on <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wines, Wher|by they have gained above one hundred and thirtie thou&s;and pounds, more then they have paid to his Maje&s;tie, as by account of the Wines imported in that time, and &s;old to Vintners, may appeare.</P>
<P>Thirdly, By their &s;uper-Project upon <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wines, in &s;elling <HI>Malligaes</HI> and <HI>Sherries</HI> at the price of <HI>Canarie,</HI> which is 12. l. a Tunne above
<PB N="19" REF="10">the &s;et price, And by this particular, they have gained thirty thou&s;and pounds &s;ince <HI>February,</HI> 1637. when they fir&s;t tooke the benefit of their Project.</P>
<P>Their preten&s;es of Undergage, Lees, Le|cage, long keeping, decay on their hands, and bad debts, are &s;leight Maskes for their fal&s;e|hood.</P>
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<HEAD>Touching Vnder-gage.</HEAD>
<P>It was proved before the Comittee, by the te|&s;timony of worthy Marchants, Captaine <HI>Lang|ham,</HI> Captaine <HI>Rowden,</HI> and others,</P>
<P>That all <HI>Ga&s;coigne</HI> Wines are full gage, and overgage, and tho&s;e &s;maller Wines which want of gage are cheap Wines, 3.4.5. nay, 6. l. a Tun under the &s;et price; and no ve&s;&s;ell of <HI>French</HI> Wines wants the value of 20. &s;hillings a Tun in gage.</P>
<P>And for Lees, Lecage, and long keeping, they have little relation to the penny a quart, for the charge and inconvenience to the Vintners was the &s;ame upon 6. pence a quart, as it is upon 7. pence at mo&s;t, within the &s;eventh part of 40. &s;hillings a Tunne.</P>
<P>For the decay of Wines on their hands: Their
<PB N="20" REF="11">Wines were as &s;ubject to that before.</P>
<P>But its e&s;pecially provided by the Contract; that they are not to pay, neither did ever Vintner pay for any decaied Wines.</P>
<P>Bad debts is as ab&s;urd a pretence as the re&s;t, for the penny and two pence a quart occa&s;ions no bad debts.</P>
<P>How deceitfull then are the allegations and preten&s;es of the Vintners? when no word of truth is found in any one of them.</P>
<P>And what can bee &s;aid in their defence. That have &s;till kept this Project on foot to this day, in all parts of their owne private gaine, and the Subjects greevance, and that in con|tempt of the Votes of the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons.</P>
<P>For although they excu&s;e it by the dearth of <HI>French</HI> Wines this la&s;t Vintage, yet all men know, that <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wines have not beene &s;o cheape for many yeares, And the Vintners (notwith&s;tanding the Vote) have continued the two pence a quart on tho&s;e Wines being 8. pound a Tunne to this day, and paid the King nothing.</P>
<PB N="11" REF="11">
<P>And it is a knowne truth that they gaine 6. pence in every 14. pence for a quart of <HI>Malliga</HI> and <HI>Sherry,</HI> and 5. pence in every quart of <HI>Canary.</HI></P>
<P>And they have this yeare drawne three quarts of <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> for one of <HI>French</HI> Wine.</P>
<P>And it appeares by the &s;eve|rall Entries in the Cu&s;tome-hou&s;e at <HI>London,</HI> onely, That from <HI>Michaelmas</HI> 1639. to <HI>Mi|chaelmas</HI> 164<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">. being but two yeares, there was imported of <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wines, 19901. Tuns.</P>
<P>The Lecage whereof being taken out at 15. <HI>per cent.</HI> there remaines in neate Wine, full 16915. Tuns.</P>
<P>Which at 4. pound a Tun, comes to 67660. pound.</P>
<P>And thus for <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wines onely two yeares at 4. pound a Tunne, and the Vintners, for al|mo&s;t 4. yeares have taken from the Subjects for tho&s;e Wines, 8. pound, and 12. pound a Tunne above the price.</P>
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<P>Now whether the Vintners that were parties to the Indentures, Sharers, and Contrivers of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition of 40. &s;hillings a Tunne, and a penny and two pence a quart, and that have &s;o long ta|ken the benefit of it, much exceeding the &s;umme of two hundred thou&s;and pounds &s;hall make re&s;titution, or &s;atisfaction to the Common wealth, according to the &s;aid Votes of the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons, of the 21. of <HI>Iuly</HI> la&s;t, and in what proportion, is &s;olely in the wi&s;dome of the High Court of Parlia|ment to determine.</P>
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