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vered, though the fact hath been committed 20 

 years paft. 



9. Any perfon who cures herrings with French fait, 

 from St. Martins, Olderdame, Borea, Browart, tht 

 South of France, the Weft Indies, or Ifle of May, 

 fhall forfeit the herrings. 



10. No Spanifh or Portugal fait (hall be put in cafks 

 before the cure-maflcr has examined it, on penalty 

 of 25 guilders for every hundred weight ; nor fhall 

 they carry to fea any other but the above for the 

 herring fifhery> and that to be twice examined by 

 the cure-mafter, who muft open each barrel be- 

 fore it is (hipped, and ftamp them with his 

 mark; in cafe of failure, the mailer to forfeit 36 

 guilders. 



11. Full barrels are to be faked in no lefs a propor- 

 tion than 4 barrels of fait to every laftj or twelve 

 barrels of herrings ; the herrings to be properly 

 gutted, and afterwards laid crofs^ways in the bar- 

 rel, under a penalty of 300 guilders* The her- 

 rings fo improperly faked, viz. the firft fort mixed 

 with the fecond, to be reckoned unforted, and to 

 be fold with the third fort as third fort, and to be 

 reckoned and paid in that manner by the pur- 

 chafer, likewife at the charge of the mafter. 



12. The curing of the herrings fhall be completed 

 three weeks after they arrive, whether they be fold 

 or not, and fhall be repacked more than once, ac- 

 cording to the nature of the herring, and cuftom 

 of the place ; if not in the above limited time, the 

 buyer to have no redrefs. 



13. Herrings friall not be repacked or heightened 

 with frefh pickle, but in the public flreets, or cuf- 

 tomary places, with open doors, where any may 

 enter, under a penalty of 240 groats. 



14. No herrings fhall be repacked or heightened to 

 be lent abroad before the cure-mafter has infpecled 

 them, and afcertained that they are duly packed. 

 Nor are fmall herrings to be packed up with great, 



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