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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Thur&s;day</HI> the Thirteenth of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1657. At the Council at White-hall.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_HIs Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and His Privy Council, ta|king notice of the Hand of God, which at this time is gone out again&s;t this Nation, in the pre&s;ent Vi&s;itation by Sick|ne&s;s that is much &s;pread over the Land, which calls upon the People of this Nation to humble them&s;elves in a &s;olemn maner before the Lord, and to &s;eek his Face in reference thereunto; His Highne&s;s and the Council have thought fit to &s;et apart to Morrow Seven-night being <HI>Friday,</HI> the One and twentieth day of this Moneth, for a Day of Solemn Fa&s;ting and Humiliation for the ends afore&s;aid, to be ob&s;erved within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the late Lines of Communication, and Weekly Bills of Mortality, and all other places in this Nation to which notice hereof &s;hall come; not doubting but the People of God in other parts of the Nation al&s;o will be forward in their particular Congre|gations to a Duty &s;o nece&s;&s;ary at this time.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by <HI>Henry Hills</HI> and <HI>John Field,</HI> Printers to His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector. 1657.</P>
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