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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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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> Indicting a General A&s;&s;embly.</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 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, Greet|ing:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;muchas, the real Good of Our People, both in their Religious and Civil Concerns, is, and ever &s;hall be very dear unto Us; And that We are hopeful the Meeting of a General A&s;&s;embly of the Church, of this Our Antient Kingdom may contribute thereto: Therefore We with Advice of Our Privy Council, do Appoint and Ordain, a General A&s;&s;embly of the Church of this Our Antient Kingdom, to meet and conveen at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> the &s;ixth Day of <HI>Decem|ber</HI> next to come; And Require and Command, all Elections u&s;ual and nece&s;&s;ar for the &s;aid General A&s;&s;embly, to be duely and timeou&s;ly made, and all Per&s;ons concerned to attend the &s;aid Meeting, Day and Place fore&s;aid, as they will be An&s;werable. 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 whole remanent Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Our Realm, and there by open Pro|clamation, make Publication of the Premi&s;&s;es, that none may pretend Ignorance; And Ordains thir Pre&s;ents to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the twenty &s;eventh day of <HI>September,</HI> and of Our Reign the Fifth Year, <HI>1693.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. In Supplementum Signeti. <HI>D A. MONCRIEFF.</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD Save King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary.</HI></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 Ex|cellent Maje&s;ties, <HI>Anno DOM.</HI> 1693.</P>
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