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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties Gracious LETTER to the Privy Council of <HI>SCOTLAND.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>WILLIAM R.</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>RIght Tru&s;ty and entirely beloved Cou&s;in and Coun&s;ellor, right tru&s;ty and right well beloved Cou&s;ins and Coun&s;ellors, right tru&s;ty and well beloved Cou&s;ins and Coun&s;ellors, right tru&s;ty and well belov|ed Coun&s;ellors, and tru&s;ty and well beloved Coun&s;ellors, We Greet you well.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>We have received yours, Dated the <HI>8th</HI> In&s;tant, wherein you in|vite Us to be pre&s;ent the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, in that Our Antient King|dom, which We accept of very kindly from you, and a&s;&s;ure you, that as it was Our Re&s;olution when We came over to <HI>Britain,</HI> to Deliver the&s;e Nations from Popery and Arbitrary Power, that the Prote&s;tant Religion, the Laws, Rights and Liberties of the Subject might be &s;ecured; So when We were Settled in the Royal Power, We endeavoured to perfect &s;o good Intentions, doing all things that We thought conduceable thereto, and though Matters have not had the de&s;ired Succe&s;s, yet We are not Di&s;couraged, but with that firmne&s;s of Re&s;olution that formerly, We undertook this Voyage into <HI>Britain,</HI> We are determined by God's A&s;&s;i&s;tance, under who&s;e Divine Protection We have ca&s;t Our Self, and all Our Concerns, to Pro&s;ecute the&s;e great Ends in Settling both Church and State upon the &s;olid Ba&s;is of Law and Equity, as may be mo&s;t acceptable to Our People, and Secure this and &s;ucceeding Generations, from the Fears of former Evils. And We conceiving that the Meeting Our Parlia|ment in Per&s;on, might contribute mo&s;t for accompli&s;hing Our De&s;igns, Or|dered you to Adjourn the &s;aid Parliament, from the eighth of <HI>October</HI> to the fir&s;t of March &s;ucce&s;&s;iv&egrave;; But many great and urgent Matters, which concern the Common Good of the Prote&s;tant Intere&s;t, and the well of the&s;e Our King|doms, oblidging Us to Meet Our People of <HI>England</HI> in a Parliament here on the twentieth day of <HI>March</HI> nece&s;&s;itats Us to continue the Adjournment of the Parliament in that Our Antient Kingdom, for &s;ome longer time: Therefore We Require you to I&s;&s;ue forth a Proclamation in Our Name, for continuing the Adjournment from the fir&s;t of <HI>March,</HI> to the eighteenth day thereof, be|twixt and which time, We are hopeful lay down &s;uch Mea&s;ures, and to give &s;uch In&s;tructions to Our Commi&s;&s;ioner, till We can be pre&s;ent, as may give &s;atisfaction to Our People; Re&s;olving alwayes to prefer their &s;afety, to Our quiet and repo&s;e, e&s;teeming the Ruling by Law, and in moderation, the greate&s;t, as well as the fure&s;t of all Our Prerogatives; Expecting in the mean time you will take all care for getting Sub&s;i&s;tence to the Forces, and do|ing all other things that you judge nece&s;&s;ary for the good of the Countrey, and Our Service: For doing of which, this &s;hall be your Warrant; And &s;o We bid you heartily Farewell.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at</HI> Ken&s;ingtoun, <DATE><HI>the thirteenth day of</HI> February, 1689/90. <HI>And of Our Reign, the fir&s;t year.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>By His Maje&s;ties Command,</HI> MELVILL</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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