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fet, plant or fovv any tobacco in feed, 

 plant or otherwife, in or upon any ground, 

 field, earth, or place within the kingdom 

 of England, &c. fhall, over and above 

 the penalty of the faid aft for that pur* 

 pofe ordained, for every fuch offence for- 

 feit and pay the fum of ten pounds for 

 every rod or pole of ground that he or 

 they fhall fo plant, fet, or fow with to- 

 <e bacco, and fo proportionably for a greater 

 " or lefler quantity of ground ; one third 

 " part thereof to the King, one other third 

 " part to the poor of fuch refpeftive parifh or 

 " parishes wherein fuch tobacco fhall be fo 

 " planted, and the other third thereof to 

 " him or them that fhall fue for the fame/' 

 " Phyfic gardens excepted as before/' 



This penalty alfo proving infufficient to 

 put a flop to the cultivation, it was found 

 neceffary in the twcnty-fecond year of the 

 reign of the faid Charles the Second to en- 

 force it by the following aft, entitled, 

 " An aft to prevent the planting of tobacco 

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