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<HEAD><HI>PROCLAMATION</HI> For Adjourning the Parliament.</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 Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethreen, Heraulds, Macers of Our Privy Council, Pur&s;evants, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecial|ly con&s;titute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>Fora&s;muchas,</HI> We by Our Proclamation, of the Date the ninth day of <HI>June</HI> la&s;t by pa&s;t, did Adjourn this Our current Par|liament to the twelvth day of <HI>September</HI> next to come: And whereas the pre&s;ent &s;tate of Our Affairs, does not require the Meeting of Our Parliament &s;o &s;oon as the &s;aid Day to which it was Adjourned: <HI>Therefore</HI> We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council are re&s;olved to continue the &s;aid Adjournment from the &s;aid twelvth Day of <HI>September</HI> next to come, to the eight day of <HI>November</HI> next thereafter; And that the Members of Our &s;aid Parliament be not put to unnece&s;&s;ary Trouble and Charges before that time; We do hereby with Advice fore&s;aid continue the Adjournment of Our &s;aid Parliament from the &s;aid twelvth day of <HI>September</HI> to the &s;aid Eight day of <HI>November</HI> next to come: And We do hereby Or|der and Require all the Members of Our &s;aid Parliament, to at|tend the &s;aid eight day of <HI>November</HI> next at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> in the u&s;ual Way, and under the Certifications contained in the &s;everal Acts of Parliament made there|anent. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We Charge you &s;trictly and Command, that incontinent the&s;e Our Letters &s;een, ye pa&s;s to the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and to the Mercat Cro&s;&s;es of the Remanent Head-Burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries of this Our Antient Kingdom, and there by open Proclamation make Intimation, that Our &s;aid Parliament is Adjour|ned to the &s;aid eight day of <HI>November</HI> next to come: And ordains the&s;e pre+&s;ents to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> <DATE>the last day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> and of Our Reign the eleventh year <HI>1699</HI></DATE>.</DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii.</HI> GILB. ELLIOT <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED><LB>
GOD Save 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 Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1699.</P>
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