HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE  royal blazon or coat of arms  
❧ By the queen.  
❧ A Proclamation for the prices of wine.  
WHere it is ordained and provided by a statute made & established in the Parliament holden at Westminster the viii. day of june, in the xxviii. year of the reign of the queens majesties dearly beloved father of famous memory King Henry the eight, that the prices of all kind of wines,( that is to say) of the tun, Butte, Pipe, puncheon, hogshead, Tyerse, Barrel, and roundlet, when it should be sold in gross, should be limited and declared by the lord chancellor of England, Lord treasurer of England, Lord President of the said Kings most honourable counsel, Lord privy seal, and the two chief Iustices of either bench, or five, four, or three of them, and that the same should be sold according to the same prices so by them set and taxed vpon pain and penalty contained in the said act: Forasmuch as the lord chancellor of england, the Lord treasurer of England, and the two Lord chief Iustices for diuers considerations them moving, and according to the effect and meaning of the said statute and act, haue in writing by their deliberate advices vpon conference had with sundry persons thereto requisite, taxed, limited, assigned and appointed the prices of gascon and french wines to be sold within this her hignesse realm for this year following( that is to say) every tun of the best gascon and french wines to be sold( the seller bearing all the charges due and payable to her majesty in her custom house) after the rate and price of thirteen pounds sterling and not above, The buyer bearing all the said charges after the price & rate of x. li. vi. s. viii. d. sterling the tun, & not above. And every Pipe, hogshead, Tyerse, barrel, Rundlette, and other vessels of the same several wines to be sold in gross after their quantities according to the same rates, and not above. And every tun of Rochel & other small and thin wines to be sold( the seller bearing all the charges due & payable to her majesty in her custom house) after the price and rate of eleven pounds sterling the tun, and not above. And the buyer bearing the said charges at viii. li. vi. s. viii. d. sterling the tun, and not above. And every Pipe, hogshead, Tyerse, barrel, Rundlette, and other vessels of the same several wines to be sold in gross after their quantities according to the same rates & not above. The queens most excellent majesty therefore straightly chargeth and commandeth all and singular her loving Subiects and others putting any maner gascon, french, Rochel, or other small or thin wines to sale within this her highnes realm, that they, ne any of them in any maner of wise by any craft, covin, or private agreement shall sel any gascon, french, Rochel or other small or thin wines, otherwise then is above limited upon pain to forfeit and pay such penalty as be contained and expressed in the said statute, or in any other statute made or ordained for the same. And moreover her highnesse pleasure and commandement is, that all & singular Maiors, Sheriffes, bailiffs, Constables and other officers to whom it appertaineth, that they, and every of them with diligence, cause and see that this her Proclamation be put in due execution after the tenor of the same, and also according to an other act of Parliament established in the Parliament above rehearsed against such as will refuse to sell their wines at prices taxed as is aforesaid, as they will answer thereto at their perils.  
given at our Mannour of Richmount the eleventh day of november in the three and twentieth year of our reign. 
 God save the queen.   

❧ Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the queens most Excellent majesty.