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<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
<P>HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION</HI> For Adjourning the Parliament to <DATE>the Twenty &s;ixth of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next.</DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>_WILLIAM 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 Brethren 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;pecially Con&s;titute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;muchas, We by Our Proclamation, of the Date the &s;ix|tenth Day of <HI>March</HI> la&s;t by pa&s;t, with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, did Adjourn the current Parliament of this Our ancient Kingdom, to the twenty fir&s;t Day of <HI>July</HI> next to come: And whereas the pre&s;ent &s;tate of Our Affairs, doth not require the Meeting of Our Parliament, &s;o &s;oon as the &s;aid Day to which it is Adjourned: Therefore, We with Advice of the &s;aids Lords of Our Privy Council, do Continue the &s;aid Adjournment from the &s;aid Day, to the twenty &s;ixth Day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next. And being de&s;i|rous to prevent the unnece&s;&s;ary Trouble and Charges that the Members of Parliament may be put to, by <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1 letter">ttending the &s;aid twenty fir&s;t Day of <HI>July</HI> next; Do hereby with Advice fore&s;aid, Adjourn Our &s;aid current Parliament, un|til the &s;aid twenty &s;ixth Day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> next en&s;uing the Date hereof, Re|quiring all the Members of Our &s;aid Parliament, to attend that Day in the u|&s;ual way, and under the Certifications contained in the &s;everal Acts of Par|liament made thereanent. <HI>Our Will is herefore,</HI> And We Charge you &s;trict|ly, 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 ancient Kingdom, And there by open Proclamation, make Intimation that our &s;aid Parlia|ment is Adjourned to the &s;aid twenty &s;ixth Day of <HI>Augu&s;t</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 thirtieth Day of <HI>June,</HI> And of our Reign the eighth Year, <HI>1696</HI></DATE>.</DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. <HI>GILB. ELIOT</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED></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. 1696.</P>
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