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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10

Note 397 — ACTUS IV., SCÆNA 1.

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The statute here referred to is the 4th of James the First, 1606, which directs that any persons convicted of being drunk shall pay five shillings, or be set in the stocks during the space of six hours for the first offence; and for the second be bound in a recognizance for his good behaviour.

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