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The Statute of Anne, 1710 (4/6)

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any wise too High or Unreasonable, Then and in such case, the
said Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper,
Bishop of London, two Chief Justices, Chief Baron, Vice-
Chancellors of the Universities, in that part of Great Britain called
England, and the said Lord President of the Sessions, Lord Justice
General, Lord Chief Baron, and Rector of the College of
Edinburgh, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, or any one
or more of them, so Enquiring and Examining, have hereby full
Power and Authority to Reform and Redress the same, and to
Limit and Settle the Price of every such Printed Book
and Books, from time to time, according to the best of their
Judgements, and as to them shall seem Just and Reasonable;
and in case of Alteration of the Rate or Price from what
was Set or Demanded by such Bookseller or Booksellers,
Printer or Printers, to Award and Order such Bookseller and
Booksellers, Printer and Printers, to Pay all the Costs and
Charges that the Person or Persons so Complaining shall be
put unto, by reason of such Complaint, and of the causing such
Rate or Price to be so Limited and Settled; all which shall be
done by the said Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor, or
Lord Keeper, Bishop of London, two Chief Justices, Chief
Baron, Vice Chancellors of the Two Universities, in that part
of Great Britain called England, and the said Lord President of the
Sessions, Lord Justice General, Lord Chief Baron, and Rector of
the College of Edinburgh, in that part of Great Britain called
Scotland, or any one of them, by Writing under their Hands
and Seals, and thereof Publick Notice shall be forthwith given
by the said Bookseller or Booksellers, Printer or Printers, by
an Advertisement in the Gazette; and if any Bookseller or Book-
sellers, Printer or Printers, shall, after such Settlement made
of the said Rate and Price, Sell, or expose to Sale any Book
or Books, at a higher or greater Price than what shall have been
so Limited and Settled, as aforesaid, then and in every such
case such Bookseller and Booksellers, Printer and Printers,
shall Forfeit the Sum of Five Pounds for every such Book so
by him, her, or them Sold or Exposed to Sale; One Moiety
thereof to the Queens [sic] most Excellent Majesty, Her Heirs and
Successors, and the other Moiety to any Person or Persons that
shall Sue for the same, to be Recovered, with Costs of Suit,
in any of Her Majesties [sic] Courts of Record at Westminster, by Acti-
on of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in which no Wager
of Law, Essoign, Privilege or Protection, or more than one Im-
parlance, shall be allowed.

Provided always, and it is hereby Enacted, That Nine Copies
of each Book or Books, upon the best Paper, that from and af-
ter the said Tenth Day of April, One thousand seven hundred
and ten, shall be Printed and Published, as aforesaid, or Re-
printed and Published with Additions, shall, by the Printer and
Printers thereof, be Delivered to the Warehouse-Keeper of the
said

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