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An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that no vvharsinger [sic], woodmonger, or other seller of New-Castle coales, within the cities of London and Westminster, or the suburbes thereof, shall after the making hereof sell any New-Castle coales, above the rate of 23 s. the chaldron, and after the first of Aprill next, above 20 s. at the most. : And if any shall wilfully transgresse this ordinance, they shall be committed to prison, and there continue, untill they shall conforme themselves thereunto. And the Lord Maior and sheriffs of the City of London, and Middlesex, are hereby required to see this put in execution. Die martis, 21 Feb. 1642. Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. John Browne Cler. Parliament