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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION</HI> For Adjourning the Parliament.</HEAD>
<P>_WILLIAM by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith: To Our <HI>Lyon</HI> 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;pe|cially Con&s;titut, Greeting: Fora&s;much as We, by Our Proclamation of the Date the <HI>third</HI> day of <HI>December</HI> la&s;t by pa&s;t, did Adjourn Our pre&s;ent Current Parliament, to the Eighteenth day of <HI>March</HI> then next to come, now In&s;tant; And where|as the pre&s;ent State of Our Affairs does not reqnire the Meeting of Our Parlia|ment &s;o &s;oon as the &s;aid Day to which it was Adjourned: Therefore, We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, Do continue the Adjournment from the &s;aid Eighteenth day of <HI>March</HI> In&s;tant, to the Eighteenth day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next to come: And being de&s;irous to Prevent the unnece&s;&s;ary Trouble and Charges that the Members of Parliament may be put to by Attending the &s;aid Eighteenth day of March In&s;tant, Do hereby with Advice fore&s;aid, Adjourn Our &s;aid Parliament until the &s;aid Eighteenth day of <HI>August</HI> next; Requiring 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 Parliament made thereanent. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, And We Charge you Strictly, 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 Antient Kingdom; And there by open Proclamation, make Intimation that Our &s;aid Parliament is Adjourned to the &s;aid Eighteenth day of <HI>August</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 Fifteenth Day of <HI>March,</HI> and of Our Reign the Eighth Year <HI>1697</HI></DATE>.</DATELINE>
Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. <SIGNED>D A. MONCREIFF, Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER><HI>GOD</HI> Save the <HI>KING.</HI></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, <HI>Anne Dom.</HI> 1697.</P>
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