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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<FIGDESC>Crown surmounting French fleur-de-lis with Scottish thistle and Tudor rose on either side, each of the latter two flanked by the Scottish unicorn and English lion respectively, against a background of stylized foliage</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD><HI>PROCLAMATION</HI> For Adjourning the Parliament to the <HI>13</HI> day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next to come.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> by the Grace of GOD, King of <HI>Great-Britain, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith; 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, con|junctly and &s;everally, &s;pecially Con&s;titute, Greeting;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>Fora&s;muchas,</HI> We by Our Proclamation of the Date the &s;eventeenth day of <HI>June</HI> la&s;t by-pa&s;t, have Adjourned this Our current Pa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">liament of this Our Antient King|dom of <HI>Scotland</HI> to the fourth day of <HI>July</HI> now in&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nt then next to come; And whereas &s;everal things have occurred &s;ince that time, which makes it nece&s;&s;ary that Our &s;aid Parliament be farder Adjourned: <HI>Therefore,</HI> and that the Members of Our &s;aid Parliament may not be put to unnece&s;&s;ary Charges and Attendance; We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council, have Ad|journed&punc; and hereby adjourns this Our &s;aid current Parliament from the &s;aid fourth day of <HI>July</HI> in&s;tant to the thirteenth day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next to come. And do hereby Order and Require all the Members of Our &s;aid Parliament to attend at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> the &s;aid thirteenth day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next to come, in the u&s;ual way, and under the Certifications contained in the &s;everal Acts of Par|liament made thereanent. 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 to the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the remanent Head-Burghs of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries within this Kingdom, and there in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make Intimation that Our &s;aid Parliament is adjourned from the &s;aid fourth day of <HI>July</HI> to the &s;aid thirteenth day of <HI>Augu&s;t</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 fir&s;t day of <HI>July,</HI> and of Our Reign the Twelfth year 1700.</DATE></DATELINE> <SIGNED>Per actum Dominorum &s;ecreti Con&s;ilii. <HI>GILB. ELIOT</HI> Cls. &s;ti. Con&s;ilii.</SIGNED><LB> God &s;ave the King.</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>Anno Dom.</HI> 1700.</P>
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