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<HEAD>By the King.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">A PROCLAMATION, Indicting a PARLIAMENT, to be held at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the 28, day of <HI>July,</HI> 1681.</DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED><LB>
<SIGNED><HI>_CHARLES</HI> the Second, by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Scotland, England, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></SIGNED> <SALUTE>To all and &s;undry Our good Subjects, whom the&s;e Pre&s;ents do, or may concern, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Whereas upon divers Weighty Con&s;iderations, of great Importance to Our Service, and to the Peace and Tranquillity of Our Ancient Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> We have thought fit to Call a Parliament of that Our Kingdom, to meet at Our City of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> upon the twenty eight day of <HI>July,</HI> next en&s;uing the date hereof; We do therefore Require and Command, all Arch-Bi&s;hops, Dukes, Marque&s;&s;es, Earles, Vi&s;counts, Bi&s;hops, Lords and Officers of State, of Our &s;aid Kingdom, to be pre&s;ent, and attend that Diet. And We do al&s;o require and Command, all Our Sheriffs, in the &s;everal Shires, and their Deputs, that if there be any new Elections made for this year, of Commi&s;&s;ioners to Parliaments or Conventions, they give timeous Intimation to &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners, to keep this Meeting; But if there be no Elections already made, that they forthwith Call and Conveen all the Free-holders in the Re|&s;pective Shires, to the end, that according to the Laws and Acts of Parliament, Elections may be made of fit Per&s;ons, to be Commi&s;&s;ioners for this Parliament. And We do likewi&s;e Require and Command, Our Royal Burroughs, to make choice of Commi&s;&s;ioners accordingly, and them, and all Per&s;ons having Intere&s;t, to at|tend this Our Parliament, under the pains contained in Our Laws made thereanent. And to the Effect, all Our good Subjects may have notice of this Our Royal Will and Plea&s;ure, We do hereby Command Our Lyon, King at Arms, and his Brethren Heraulds, Macers, Pur&s;evants, and Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, to make time|ous Proclamation of the&s;e Pre&s;ents, at the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and at the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head Burroughs in the &s;everal Shires of that Our Kingdom. And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at Our Court at <HI>Whitehall,</HI> <DATE>the eighth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and eighty one, and of Our Reign, the thretty and third year.</DATE></DATELINE><LB>
<SIGNED>By His Maje&s;ties Command, <HI>MORRAY.</HI></SIGNED>
GOD &s;ave the KING.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to his mo&s;t Sacred Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno DOM.</HI> 1681.</P>
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