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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION, for di&s;solving the Parliament.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>_CHARLES, by the grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great Brittain, France,</HI> and <HI>Ire|land,</HI> Defender of the faith:</SIGNED> <SALUTE>To <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> Our Lyon King at Armes, and his Brethren Heraulds, Macers, Pur&s;evants, Me&s;&s;engers at Armes, our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;eve|rally, &s;pecially constitute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Forasmuch, as upon divers good con&s;iderati|ons, relating to Our &s;ervice, and the good of Our &s;ubjects: We did call the Parliament of this Our ancient Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> and did authorize Our right tru&s;ty, and right intirely beloved Cou&s;ine and Councellor, the Duke of Landerdale, to be Our Commi&s;&s;ioner during the whole currency thereof, which though the exigency of Our affairs, hath been continued beyond our fir&s;t intention: We being nece&s;&s;arily ingaged in a war with the States of the &V;nited Neitherlands. And by the la&s;t Act of the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of that Parliament, bearing date, the third day of <HI>March</HI> la&s;t; Our &s;aid Parliament was by &V;s declared current, and adjourned to the fourteenth of October next; The peace betwixt &V;s and the &V;nited Provinces not being then perfected; and that peace being now brought to its full effect, and &s;eing the pre&s;ent condition of Our affairs doth not require, that Our good Subject &s;hould be any longer burthened, with attendance in this Parliament, We have re&s;olve to di&s;&s;olve the &s;ame: Like|as, We, with advice of Our Privy Council, do hereby di&s;&s;olve the pre&s;ent current Parliament of this Our Kingdom, and do declare the &s;ame to be di&s;&s;olved. Our will is herefor, and We charge you &s;traitly, and commands, that incontinent the&s;e Our letters &s;een ye pa&s;&s;e to the Mercat Cro&s;&s;e of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other places needfull, and thereat, in Our Name and Authority, by oppen Proclamation, make publi|cation of Our di&s;&s;olving the pre&s;ent current Parliament of this Our Kingdom, and that the &s;ame is di&s;|&s;olved, that all Our Leiges may have due and timeous notice thereof. The which to do, We commit to you conjunctly and &s;everally, Our full power, by the&s;e Our letters, delivering them by you duly exe|cute, and endor&s;at again to the bearer.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>VVhitehall,</HI> <DATE>the ninteenth day of <HI>May,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;eventy and four years, and of Our reign the &s;ix and twentieth year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Al. Gib&s;on, <HI>Cl. S^t^i Concilii.</HI></SIGNED><LB>
<HI>God &s;ave the King.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printed to the King's mo&s;t Excellent MAJESTY. <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1674.</P>
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