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and that no person shall eat flesh no more than on 
common Saturdays. [N.B.—Not Fridays.] 
Sec. 12 orders for the benefit of the realme and to 
save flesh meat, it shall not be lawful for any person to 
eat meat on fast days; penalty forfeit £3 for every 
time. 
5 Elizabeth, c. 5, A.D. 1562-3, sect. 12.—Penalty 
on not keeping fish days. Every person to pay £3 
or suffer three months’ close imprisonment every time 
they offend. The owner of every house where fish is 
eaten, and who shall not inform thereof, fine £2. All 
forfeitures for same to be divided as follows : One part 
to use of her Majesty, her heirs or successors, one part 
to the informer, one part to the common use of the 
parish where offence is committed. To be levied by 
churchwardens after any conviction in that behalf. 
Sec. 13 gives licences to eat meat on payment of 
money. The lord or his wife shall put in parish poor- 
box on certain days twenty-six shillings and eight- 
pence. Knight or knight’s wife, yearly, six shillings 
and eightpence. This permission excludes the eating 
of beef at any time of year; veal from Feast of St. 
M. Arch Angel unto Ist day of May. Licence also 
for sickness, proceeds thereof go to curate of parish. 
Sec. 14 confirms old fish licences of previous kings, 
archbishops, and all ecclesiastical laws, &c. 
Sec. 20 goes minutely into further penalties how to 
be levied and applied. 
Sec. 22 allows only oxe competent dish of meat on 
Fish Wednesdays at the same meal, and three com- 
petent usual dishes of sea fish of sundry kinds, &c. 
Further, says no man is to mistake the intent of this 
