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<P>Anno Regni CAROLI II. REGIS <HI>Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae,</HI> &amp; <HI>Hiberniae,</HI> DUODECIMO.</P>
<P>At the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the Five and twentieth day of <HI>April, Anno Dom.</HI> 1660.</P>
<P>In the Twelfth year of the Reign of Our mo&s;t Gra|cious Soveraign Lord CHARLES, By the Grace of God, of <HI>England, Scotland, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland</HI> King, Defender of the Faith, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Re-printed by <HI>Christopher Higgins,</HI> in <HI>Harts</HI> Clo&s;e, over again&s;t the Trone Church, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1660.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Anno XII. Caroli II. Regis.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>AN ACT For a perpetual Anniver&s;ary THANKSGIVING, On the nine and twentieth day of MAY.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_FORASMUCH</HI> as Almighty GOD, the King of Kings, and &s;ole Di&s;po&s;er of all Earthly Crowns and Kingdoms, hath by his All-&s;waying Provi|dence and Power miraculou&s;ly demon&s;trated in the view of all the World his tran&s;cendent Mercy, Love and Graciou&s;ne&s;s, towards his mo&s;t excellent Ma|je&s;ty, <HI>CHARLES the Second,</HI> by his E&s;pecial Grace, of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland</HI> King, Defen|der of the true Faith, and all his Maje&s;ties loyal Subjects of this his Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and the Dominions thereunto annexed, by his Maje&s;ties late mo&s;t wonderfull, glorious, peaceable and joyfull re&s;taura|tion to the actual po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion and exerci&s;e of his undoubted hereditary Sove|raign and Regal Authority over them (after &s;undry years forced exter|mination into Forreign parts, by the mo&s;t traiterous Con&s;piracies, and armed Power of u&s;urping Tyrants, and execrable per&s;idious Traitors, and that without the lea&s;t oppo&s;ition, or effu&s;ion of blood, through the unanimous, cordial, loyal Votes of the Lords and Commons in this pre|&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and pa&s;&s;ionate de&s;ires of all other his Maje|&s;ties Subjects; which unexpre&s;&s;ible ble&s;&s;ing (by Gods own mo&s;t won|derfull di&s;pen&s;ation) was compleated on the twenty ninth day of <HI>May</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, being the mo&s;t memorable birth-day, not only of his Maje&s;ty, both
<PB N="2" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 45 -->as a man and Prince, but likewi&s;e as an actual King, and of this and other his Maje&s;ties Kingdoms, all in a great mea&s;ure new born and rai&s;ed from the dead on this mo&s;t joyfull day, wherein many thou&s;ands of the Nobi|lity, Gentry, Citizens, and other his Lieges of this Realm, conducted his Maje&s;ty unto his Royal Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> with all po&s;&s;ible expre&s;&s;ions of their publick joy and Loyal Affections, in far greater triumph then any of his mo&s;t victorious Predece&s;&s;ors Kings of <HI>England,</HI> returned thither from their forreign Conque&s;ts, and both his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;es of Parliament, with all dutifull and joyfull demon&s;trations of their Allegiance publickly received, and cordially congratulated his Maje&s;ties mo&s;t happy arrival, and Inve&s;titure in his Royal Throne, at his Palace of <HI>Whitehall;</HI> Vpon all which con&s;iderations this being the day which the Lord him&s;elf hath made and crowned with &s;o many publique ble&s;&s;ings and &s;ignal deliverances, both of his Maje&s;ty and his people from all their late mo&s;t deplorable Confu&s;ions, Divi&s;ions, Warres, Deva&s;tations, and Oppre&s;&s;ions, to the end that it may be kept in perpetual Remembrance in all Ages to co~me; and that his Sacred Maje&s;ty will with all his Subjects of this Realm, and the Dominions thereof, and their Po&s;terities after them, might annually celebrate the perpetual memory thereof, by &s;acrifi|cing their unfeined hearty publick thanks thereon to Almighty God, with one heart and voice, in a mo&s;t devout and Chri&s;tian manner, for all the&s;e publick benefits received and conferred on them, upon this mo&s;t joyfull day. Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;tie, the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Autho|ritie of the &s;ame, That all and &s;ingular Mini&s;ters of Gods Word and Sa|craments, in every Church, Chappel, and other u&s;ual place of divine Ser|vice and publick Prayer, which now are, or hereafter &s;hall be within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> and the Re&s;pective Dominions thereof, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall in all &s;ucceeding Ages Annually celebrate the twenty ninth day of <HI>May,</HI> by rendring their heartie publick Prai&s;es and Thank&s;givings unto Almighty God, for all the forementioned Extraor|dinary Mercies, Ble&s;&s;ings, and Deliverances received, and mighty Acts done thereon, and Declare the &s;ame to all the People there A&s;&s;em|bled, and the Generations yet to come, that &s;o they may for ever prai&s;e the Lord for the &s;ame, who&s;e Name alone is Excellent, and his Glorie above the Earth and Heavens. And be it further Enacted, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, inhabiting within this Kindome, and the Do|minions thereunto belonging, &s;hall upon the &s;aid Day Annually re&s;ort with diligence and devotion to &s;ome u&s;uall Church, Chappell, or Place where &s;uch publick thank&s;givings and prai&s;es to Gods mo&s;t Divine Maje&s;tie &s;hall be rendred, and there orderly and devoutly abide during the &s;aid publick Thank&s;givings, Prayers, Preaching, Singing of P&s;almes, and other Service of God there to be u&s;ed and mini&s;tred. And to the end, that all Per&s;ons may be put in minde of their duty there|on, and be the better prepared to di&s;charge the &s;ame with that Pietie and Devotion as becomes them; Be it further Enacted, That every Mini|&s;ter &s;hall give notice to his Pari&s;hioners publickly in the Church at Morning prayer the Lords Day next before every &s;uch Twenty ninth day of <HI>May,</HI> for the Due ob&s;ervation of the &s;aid Day, And &s;hall then like|wi&s;e publickly and di&s;tinctly read this pre&s;ent Act to the People.</P>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Re-printed by <HI>Chri&s;topher Higgins,</HI> in <HI>Harts</HI> Clo&s;e, over again&s;t the Trone Church, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI></P>
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