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and that no person shall eat flesh no more than on 

 common Saturdays. [N.B. Not Fridays.] 



Sec. 1 2 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 one 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 



