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 Booksellers, 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 Queen's 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 Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, by Action
of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in which no Wager of Law, Essoign,
Privilege or Protection, or more than one Imparlance, 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 after the said Tenth Day of
April, One thousand seven hundred and ten, shall be Printed and
Published, as aforesaid, or Reprinted and Published with Additions,
shall, by the Printer and Printers thereof, be Delivered to the
Warehouse-Keeper of the