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<HEAD><HI>A PROCLAMATION,</HI> Adjourning the Parliament till the ninth day of <HI>January</HI> next to come.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED><HI>_WILLIAM</HI> and <HI>MARY</HI> by the Grace of God, King and Queen of <HI>Great-Britain, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defenders of the Faith.</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To Our Lyon King at Arms, and his Brethren He|raulds, Macers of Our Privy Council, Pur&s;evants, Me&s;&s;en|gers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and &s;everal|ly &s;pecially con&s;titute, Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Fora&s;much as, by the la&s;t Act of the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of Our pre&s;ent Parliament of this Our Antient Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> dated the fifteenth day of the Moneth of <HI>June</HI> la&s;t, Our &s;aid Parliament, is declared by Us to be cur|rent, and is Adjourned to the twelfth day of <HI>September</HI> next to come. And We Con&s;idering, that the pre&s;ent Condition of Our Affairs in this Our Antient Kingdom, doth not Require that the Members of Our &s;aid Parliament &s;hould meet upon the fore&s;aid day, and We being Unwilling, that they &s;hould be put to any Trouble that may be Di&s;pen&s;ed with. Do therefore with Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords of Our Privy Council, hereby Adjourn Our &s;aid current Parliament, untill the ninth day of <HI>January</HI> next: Hereby Requiring all the Members of Our Parliament to attend that day in the u&s;ual way, and under the Certifications con|tained in the &s;everal Acts of Parliament. 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 remanent Mercat-cro&s;&s;es of the Head Burghs of the &s;everal Shires of this Our &s;aid Antient Kingdom, and there in Our Name and Authority, by open Proclamation, make Intimation of the &s;aid Adjournment of Our Parliament of this Kingdom, from the &s;aid twelfth day of <HI>September,</HI> to the &s;aid ninth day of <HI>January</HI> next. And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under Our Signet at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the twenty ninth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> and of Our Reign the Fifth Year,1693.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. In Supplementum Signeti. <HI>DA. MONCRIEF</HI> Cls. Sti. Concilii.</SIGNED><LB>
God Save King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary.</HI></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to Their Mo&s;t Ex|cellent Maje&s;ties, <HI>Anno DOM.</HI> 1693.</P>
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