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" liament affembled, and by authority of 

 ** the fame, That no perfon or perfons 

 " whatfoever, fhall or do from and after 

 " the firft day of January, in the year of 

 " our Lord One Thoufand Six Hundred 

 '* and Sixty, fet, plant, improve to grow, 

 " make or cure any tobacco either in feed, 

 t plant, or otherwife, in or upon any 

 " ground, earth, field, or place within the 

 " kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, 

 " iflands of Guernfey or Jerfey, or town of 

 " Berwick upon Tweed, or in the king- 

 " dom of Ireland, under the penalty of the 

 " forfeiture of all fuch tobacco, or the 

 " value thereof, or of the fum of forty fhil- 

 " lings for every rod or pole of ground fo 

 planted, fet or fown as aforefaid, and fo 

 " proportionably for a greater or leffcr 

 " quantity of ground ; one moiety thereof 

 " to his Majefly, his heirs and fucceflbrs 5 

 '* and the other moiety to him or them that 

 ** fliall fue for the fame, td be recovered 

 " by bill, plaint, or information in any 



" court 



