Sale, any Book or Books
at such a Price or Rate as shall be Conceived by any Person
or Persons to be High and Unreasonable; It shall and may be
Lawful for any Person or Persons to make Complaint thereof
to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being; the
Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great
Britain for the time being; the Lord Bishop of London for the
time being; the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queens [sic]
Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, for
the time being; the Vice-Chancellors of the Two Universities
for the time being, in that part of Great Britain called England;
the Lord President of the Sessions for the time being; the Lord
Justice General for the time being; the Lord Chief Baron of
the Exchequer for the time being; the Rector of the College
of Edinburgh for the time being, in that part of Great Britain
called Scotland; who, or any one of them, shall and have hereby full
Power and Authority from time to time, to Send for, Sum-
mon, or Call before him or them such Bookseller or Book-
sellers, Printer or Printers, and to Examine and Enquire of
the reason of the Dearness and Inhauncement of the Price or Va-
lue of such Book or Books by him or them so Sold or Exposed to
Sale; and if upon such Enquiry and Examination it shall be
found, that the Price of such Book or Books is Inhaunced, or
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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 Complaini