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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION, <HI>For a Solemn National Fa&s;t to be Keeped Monethly.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> and <HI>MARY</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King and Queen of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defenders of the Faith; </SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span">  Macers of Our Privy Council, Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much as the Commi&s;&s;ion of the General A&s;&s;embly of this Church, have applyed to the Lords of Our Privy Council, That they would interpo&s;e their Civil Sancti|on, for keeping of a Solemn National Fa&s;t and Humiliation, in all the Kirks and Meeting-hou&s;es of this Our Ancient Kingdom, for Imploring the ble&s;&s;ing of the Lord upon Us, in Our Coun&s;els and Undertakings, in Defence of the true Refor|med Religion, and of the&s;e Lands; And e&s;pecially, that God would countenance Us in this pre&s;ent War, pre&s;erving Our Royal Per&s;on, and giving Succe&s;s to Our Arms by Sea and Land, at Home and Abroad. Therefore We, with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, do hereby Command and Enjoyn, that the &s;aid Solemn Fa&s;t and Humiliation, for the Ends above-&s;et-down, be Religiou&s;ly Ob&s;er|ved, by all Per&s;ons within this Kingdom, both in Churches and Meeting-hou&s;es, upon the la&s;t <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> of <HI>May</HI> next to come, and thereafter Monethly, upon the la&s;t <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> of each <HI>Moneth,</HI> untill the la&s;t <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> of <HI>August</HI> next <HI>inclu&s;iv&egrave;.</HI> And Ordains all Mini&s;ters either in Kirks, or Meeting-Hou&s;es, to Read the&s;e pre|&s;ents, publickly from the Pulpit, a <HI>Sunday</HI> or two before the fir&s;t day appointed for keeping the &s;aid Fa&s;t, and Humiliation, and upon a <HI>Sunday,</HI> before each la&s;t <HI>Wedne&s;day,</HI> during the &s;pace fore&s;aid; And to the effect that this &s;o Nece&s;&s;ary and Religious a Duty may be publictly performed, and punctualy Ob&s;erved, and Our plea&s;ure in the Premi&s;&s;es known, OUR WILL IS Herefore, and We Charge you &s;traitly, 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 remanent Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head Burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom, and in Our Name and Authority, make Publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none may pretend ignorance. And We Ordain Our Sollicitor, to di&s;patch Coppies hereof, to the Sheriffs of the &s;everal Shires, and Stewarts of the Stewartries, and their Deputs, or Clerks; To be by them publi&s;hed at the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-Burghs, upon Receipt thereof. And immediately &s;ent to the &s;everal Mini&s;ters, both in Kirks and Meeting|Hou&s;es; To the effect, they may Read and intimate the &s;ame from their Pulpits, and may &s;eriou&s;ly exhort all Per&s;ons to a &s;incere and devote Ob&s;ervance thereof, as they will be an&s;werable at their perril. And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed, and Publi&s;hed in manner for&s;aid.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet, at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the twenty day of <HI>April,</HI> and of Our Reign the third Year, 1691.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>Per Actum Dominorum Sti. Concilii.</HI> DA. MONCRIEF, <HI>Cls. Sti. Concilii.</HI></SIGNED><LB>
<HI>GOD &s;ave King</HI> William <HI>and Queen</HI> Mary.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to Their mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, <HI>Anno Dom..</HI> 1691.</P>
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