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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION</HI> For a Solemn National Thank&s;giving.</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;enger at Armes, Our Sheriff&s; in that Part, conjunctly and &s;everally &s;peci|cially con&s;titute Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>For as much as the Almighty and all wi&s;e God having &s;uperadded to all the Mercy and Goodne&s;s manife&s;ted to|wards Us and Our People, in protecting Our Royal Per&s;on, and De|feating the Secret, as well as open De&s;ignes and Attempts of Our Ene|mies again&s;t Our Royal Per&s;on and Kingdomes, during the Cour&s;e of a dangerous and bloody War; The incomparable Ble&s;&s;ing of an honourable Peace to all our Dominions, and Allies joyned with Us in Defence of the &s;ame Cau&s;e; And likewi&s;e, That God hath been plea&s;ed to return Us in Safety to the&s;e Our Dominions, to the great Satis&s;action and Joy of all Our Good Subjects, It is Our Duty and theirs by a Day &s;et a Part for that effect to pay Our Solemn Acknowledgements, And return Prai&s;e and Glory to God who has been to Us a Mighty Deliverer; And for which al&s;o, the Mini&s;ters met together at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> in the Commi&s;&s;ion of the late General A&s;&s;embly of this Our Antient Kingdom have made Addre&s;s to the Lords of Our Privy Council, that a Solemn Day of publick Thanks giving may be &s;et apart to be Religiou&s;ly ob&s;erved throughout this Our Antient Kingdom: Therefore We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, do Appoint and Command, that the &s;ixteen day of <HI>December</HI> next to come be Religiou&s;ly ob&s;erved, as a Solemn Day of publick Thanks giving by all Per&s;ons within this Kingdom, for returning mo&s;t humble and hearty Thanks, to the Divine Goodne&s;s, for the &s;ignal Ble&s;&s;ings and De|liverance already be&s;towed upon Us and Our People, and to implore the Continuance thereof, whereby Our Subjects under Us, may not only enjoy the Fruits and Comforts of a happy and la&s;ting Peace; But We and They may be enriched with all the Ble&s;&s;ings of the Go&s;pel; And that God may e&s;tabli&s;h that which he hath wrought for Us: Which Day of Thanksgiving for the Cau&s;es and Ends fore&s;aid; We hereby peremptorly re|quire and enjoyn to be ob&s;erved with all Religious Exerci&s;es &s;uitable to &s;uch an Occa&s;i|on by all Our Good Subjects, Mini&s;ters and Others, as they will be an&s;werable at their High|e&s;t Peril. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, And We Charge you &s;tricty 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 the 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 Solicitor to di&s;patch Coppies hereof to the Sheriffs of the &s;everal Shires, and Stewarts of the Stewartries or 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 immediatly &s;ent to the &s;everal Mini&s;ters, to the effect they may read and intimat the &s;ame from their Pulpits upon the <HI>Sunday</HI> before the &s;aid &s;ixteenth day of <HI>December</HI> next: And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed and Publi&s;hed in manner fore&s;aid.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> <DATE>the twenty day of <HI>November,</HI> and of Our Reign the nynth Year <HI>1697.</HI></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 His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1697.</P>
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