Sentence:  [E]very merchant and paſſenger, that brings merchandizes into this land of Ireland out of England to the ſumme of one hundred pounds, that he ſhall buy and bring with him into the ſaid land in bowes to the value of one hundred ſhillings, ... and if any merchant or paſſenger bring any merchandize into the ſaid land, and bring with him no bowes as is afore rehearſed, that the ſaid merchant ſhall loſe and pay the value of the ſaid bowes, the one <WSD>moietie</WSD> thereof to the King, and the other <WSD>moiety</WSD> to the ſearchers of the ſame for the time being; ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A half.