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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD>&leaf; By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">&leaf; A Proclamation for a generall fa&s;t thorowout this Realm of England.</HEAD>
<P>_HIs Maje&s;tie taking into His Princely and Pious con&s;ideration the lamentable and di&s;tre&s;&s;ed e&s;tate of His good Subjects in His Maje&s;ties Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and conceiving it to be a ju&s;t and great occa&s;ion calling upon Him, and His people of this His Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> for a generall humiliation of all e&s;tates of this Kingdom before Almighty God, in Prayer and Fa&s;ting, for drawing down His Mercy and Ble&s;&s;ing upon that Kingdom: His Maje&s;tie doth therefore by this His Proclamation &s;traitly charge and command, that a Generall, Publike, and Solemn Fa&s;t be kept, and holden, as well by ab&s;tinence from Food, as by publike Prayers, Preaching, and Hearing of the Word of God, and other Sacred duties, in all Ca|thedrall, Collegiate, and Pari&s;h Churches and Chappels within this His Maje&s;ties King|dom of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales</HI> (His Maje&s;ties Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> onely excepted, where it hath already been ob&s;erved) on the twentieth day of this pre&s;ent moneth of Ianuarie.</P>
<P>And His Maje&s;tie doth further by this His Proclamation &s;traitly charge and command, that a Generall, Publike, and Solemn Fa&s;t be kept and holden, as well by ab&s;tinence from Food, as by publike Prayers, Preaching, and Hearing of the Word of God, and other &s;acred Duties, in all Cathedrall, Collegiate, and Pari&s;h Churches and Chappels within this Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales</HI> (without any exception) on the la&s;t Wed|ne&s;day of the moneth of February next following the date hereof, and from thenceforth to continue on the la&s;t Wedne&s;day of every moneth during the Troubles in the &s;aid Kingdom of <HI>Ireland.</HI> All which His Maje&s;tie doth expre&s;ly charge and command &s;hall be reverently and devoutly performed by all His loving Subjects, as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would avoid His ju&s;t indignation again&s;t this Land, and upon pain of &s;uch pu|ni&s;hments as His Maje&s;tie can ju&s;tly inflict upon all &s;uch as &s;hall contemn or neglect &s;o religious a Work.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at the Court at VVhitehall <DATE>the eighth day of January, in the &s;eventeenth yeer of His Maje&s;ties Reign of great Britain, France, and Ireland.</DATE></DATELINE><LB>
&leaf; God &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P>&para; Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;tie: And by the A&s;signes of John Bill. 1641.</P>
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