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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION PROROGATING THE ACTS of PARLIAMENT AGAINST CONVENTICLES. And Separation from the publick Meetings of DIVINE WORSHIP.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_CHARLES,</HI> by the Grace of God, King of Great <HI>Brittain, France,</HI> and <HI>Ire|land,</HI> Defender of the Faith,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To Our Lovits  <GAP DESC="blank">  Macers, or Me&s;&s;engers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially constitute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much as, the fifth Act of the &s;econd Se&s;&s;ion of Our &s;econd Parliament, intituled, <HI>Act again&s;t Conventicles,</HI> and the &s;eventh Act of that &s;ame se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, intitu|led, <HI>Act again&s;t Separation and Withdrawing from the Publick Meetings of Divine VVor|&s;hip,</HI> Were appointed to endure only for the &s;pace of three Years, unle&s;s VVe &s;hould think fit to con|tinue them longer. And having con&s;idered a posterior Act of Parliament, past upon the fourth day of <HI>September,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;eventy and two years, whereby the &s;aids two Acts of Parlia|ment were appointed to endure for the &s;pace of other three years after the expiring of the first three, and longer as VVe &s;hould be Plea&s;ed to appoint. And finding it now nece&s;&s;ary for Our Service, that the &s;aids Acts be continued for three years further; And that the &s;ame remain in force ay and while VVe declare Our further plea&s;ure thereanent; Therefore VVe, with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Councill, do prorogate and continue the &s;aids Acts of Parliament for other three years and fur|ther, during Our Plea&s;ure; And do ordain the &s;ame to continue in full force ay and while We de|clare Our further plea&s;ure; thereanent. <HI>OUR WILL</HI> is herefore, and VVe charge you, that in|continently thir Our letters &s;een ye pa&s;s, to the Mercat Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other places needfull; and thereat in Our Name and Authority make open Publication of Our Royal Plea&s;ure in the premi&s;&s;es that none may pretend ignorance thereof. The which to do VVe commit to you conjunctly and &s;eve|rally, Our full power by the&s;e Our Letters, delivering them by you duely execute and indor&s;ed again to the Bearer.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the &s;ixth day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;eventy and five years, and of Our Reigne, the twenty &s;eventh year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Th. Hay, Cl. <HI>S^t^i Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>God &s;ave the King.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINBURGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Excellent MAJESTY. <HI>Anno</HI> 1675.</P>
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