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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION</HI> Di&s;&s;olving the Parliament.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_IAMES</HI> 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 Bre|thren 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;pe|cially con&s;titute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much as We, by Our Royal Proclamation of the Twentieth and &s;e|cond day of <HI>July</HI> la&s;t by-pa&s;t, did continue the Ad|journment of the pre&s;ent Current Parliament of this Our Ancient Kingdom, until the Twentieth fir&s;t of <HI>October</HI> in&s;tant: And whereas upon diver&s;e good Con&s;iderations of great Importance to Our Service, We have now thought &s;it to put an end to that Our Parliament, by a Di&s;&s;olution there|of; Do therefore with Advice of Our Privy Council, hereby Di&s;&s;olve Our &s;aid pre&s;ent Current Parliament, and Declare the &s;ame to be actually Di&s;|&s;olved. And that Our Royal Plea&s;ure herein may be known, Our Will is, 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 all other places need|ful, and there in Our Royal Name and Authority, by open Proclama|tion, make Publication of Our Di&s;&s;olving of Our &s;aid pre&s;ent Current Parliament, and that the &s;ame is actually Di&s;&s;olved.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at  <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the Eighth day of <HI>October, 1686,</HI> And of Our Reign the Second Year.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. <HI>WILL. PATERSON</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB>
GOD &s;ave the KING.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred <HI>Maje&s;ty, Anno DOM.</HI> 1686.</P>
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