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<HEAD><HI>PROCLAMATION</HI> For a Solemn National Fast.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>WILLIAM</HI> by the grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith; </SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that Part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;ti|tute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>Fora&s;muchas,</HI> it hath plea&s;ed the Holy and Righte|ous God, for the many great and hainous Sins and Provocations of this Kingdom, to af|flict the &s;ame with the lamentable Stroke of Dearth and Scarcity, (which if not in His mer|cy prevented) doth threaten a dreadful Famine; As likeways that the reformed Church|es Abroad, are through His Holy and Soveraign Di&s;plea&s;ure, partly under grievous Per&s;e|cution, and partly under great and imminent Hazards, which ju&s;tly call for our humble|ing of our &s;elves for our own Sins, and for a tender Simpathie towards our &s;aid afflicted Brethren: Likeas the <HI>General A&s;&s;embly</HI> of this Church lately conveened, Have therefore addre&s;&s;ed the Lords of Our Privy Council, that a day of Humiliation may be Appointed and kept for the Cau&s;es fore&s;aids, more fully mentioned in their Act thereanent. <HI>There|fore</HI> We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, Command and Appoint a day of Solemn Humiliation and Prayer and Fa&s;ting, to be ob&s;erved throughout the whole King|dom, upon the Ninth day of <HI>March</HI> next to come, to the effect that all Our good Subjects may on that day, make earne&s;t Prayer and Supplication to GOD for the Pardon of Our Sins, and for turning away and averting His Wrath from this, and other reformed Church|es, and that He may command Deliverance for His afflicted People, under Per&s;ecution, ble&s;s and pre&s;erve Us and Our Government, for the continuance of that Peace and Tranquilli|ty, and liberty of Go&s;pel Ordinances with Purity and Freedom that we at pre&s;ent injoy, and that He may ble&s;s His Go&s;pel with Succe&s;s, and grant a &s;ea&s;onable Seed-time, and ble&s;s the Seed with increa&s;e for the relief of the Poor, and of the pre&s;ent Di&s;tre&s;s of the Kingdom: Which Day, We with Advice fore&s;aid, do Require and Command to be re|ligiou&s;ly and mo&s;t &s;eriou&s;ly ob&s;erved by all Ranks and Degrees of People, by &s;olemn Pray|er and Preaching, and other Acts of Devotion to be performed for the Cau&s;es and Ends fore&s;aids, both in publick and privat throughout the whole Kingdom. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We charge you &s;trictly and Command, that incontinent the&s;e Our Let|ters&s;een, ye ps&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and remanent Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the haill Head-burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom, and there in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make Publication hereof that none pre|tend Ignorance; And We Ordain Our Solicitor to cau&s;e Print thir pre&s;ents, as al&s;o the Act of the <HI>General A&s;&s;embly</HI> thereto annexed, and to tran&s;mit the &s;ame, or Copies thereof to the Sheriffs of the &s;everal Shires, and Stewarts of Stewartries, or their Deputs and Clerks, to be by them publi&s;hed at the Mercat-cro&s;ses of their Head-burghs upon Receipt thereof, and immediatly &s;ent to the &s;everal Mini&s;ters, to the effect the &s;ame may be intimat and read in their &s;everal Paroch-Churches, upon the Lords Day immediatly preceeding the Day above-appointed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> <DATE>the &s;eventh day of <HI>February,</HI> and of Our Reign the Tenth Year, 1699.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii
<HI>GILB. ELIOT.</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB> God &s;ave the King</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1699.</P>
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