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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> For a Solemn National Monthly Fa&s;t.</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, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much, as &s;everal Synods, and o|thers of this Church, have Applyed to the Lords of Our Privy Council, that they would Interpo&s;e their Authority, for Indicting and Keeping a Solemn Na|tional Fa&s;t and Humiliation, in all the Kirks and Meeting-Hou&s;es of this Our Antient Kingdom, to Implore the Ble&s;&s;ing of the Lord upon Us in Our Coun|&s;els and Undertakings, in Defen&s;e of the True Reformed Religion, and of the&s;e Lands, and Relief of the Oppre&s;&s;ed Abroad; And e&s;pecially, That GOD would Countenance Us in the pre&s;ent War, Pre&s;erving Our Royal Per&s;on, and giving Succe&s;s to Our Arms by Sea and Land, and Pre&s;erve and E&s;tabli&s;h the Prote&s;tant Religion 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;erved by all Per&s;ons within this Kingdom, both in Churches and Meeting-Hou&s;es, upon the Twenty fifth Day of <HI>May</HI> next, being the la&s;t <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> of that Month, and thereafter Monthly, upon the la&s;t <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> of each Month untill the la&s;t <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> of <HI>September</HI> next <HI>inclu&s;ive</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 Publickly performed; and punctually ob&s;erved, and Our Plea&s;ure in the Pre|mi&s;&s;es known: OUR WILL IS, and We Charge you &s;traitly and Com|mand, 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 Or|dain Our Sollicitor to Di&s;patch Copies hereof, to the Sheriffs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewarts of the Stewartries, and, their Deputes 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, both in Kirks and Meeting-Hou&s;es, To the effect they may Read, and Intimat the &s;ame from their Pulpits, and may &s;e|riou&s;ly Exhort all Per&s;ons to a sincere and Devote Ob&s;ervance thereof, as they will be an&s;werable at their Peril. 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 fir&s;t Day of <HI>April.</HI> And of Our Reign, the fourth Year, <HI>1692</HI></DATE>.</DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. In Supplimentum Signeti. <HI>DA, MONCREIF,</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilli.</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>Anne DOM</HI>: 1692.</P>
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