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<FIGDESC>English coat of arms with lion and unicorn, circa 1684</FIGDESC>
<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
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<HEAD>By the Lord Lieutenant and Council.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>ORMONDE.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas it hath plea&s;ed Almighty God to call to his Mercy our late Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second of Ble&s;&s;ed Memory, by who&s;e De|cea&s;e the Imperial Crowns of England, Scotland, France and Ireland are &s;olely &amp; rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince James Duke of York and Albany, his &s;aid late Maje&s;ties only Brother and Heir. And whereas We the Lord Lieutenant General of this Kingdom, and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm, being as&s;i&s;ted with tho&s;e of His late Maje&s;ties Privy Council, and numbers of other principal Gentlemen of Quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Dublin, have on the eleventh day of this in&s;tant February in the City of Dublin, with one full voice and con&s;ent of tongue and heart Publi&s;hed and Proclaimed that the High and Mighty Prince JAMES the SECOND, is now by the Death of Our late Soveraign of happy Memory become our only Lawful, Lineal, and Rightful Liege Lord JAMES the SECOND, by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. To whom we do acknowledge all Faith and con&s;tant Obedience, with all hearty and humble affection; be|&s;eeching God, by whom Kings do Reign, to ble&s;s the Royal King James the Second with long and happy years to Reign over us.</P>
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<P>We the Lord Lieutenant and Council do by this Our Proclamation think fit to give publick notice hereof to all His Maje&s;ties Subjects; and do require all Mayors, Sheriffs, and other His Maje&s;ties Officers to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be Proclaimed in all the Cities and Towns Corporate in this Kingdom. And all Officers both Civil and Military, and other His Maje|&s;ties Subjects are to be as&s;i&s;ting in the performance thereof, with all due So|lemnity.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at the Council-Chamber in Dublin <DATE>this eleventh day of February, 1684.</DATE></DATELINE> God Save the King.
<SIGNED>Mich. Armach. C. Franc. Dublin. Ro&s;common. Drog|hedah. Arran. Longford. Granard. Ble&s;ington. Mount|joy. VVill. Kildare. H. Boyle. Rich. Coote. Char. Meredith. VVill. Davys. John Keating. He. Hene. John Davys. Rich. Reynel. John Cole. Mau. Eu&s;tace. C. VVich. Tho. Newcomen. Adam Loftus.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Dublin, Printed by Benjamin Tooke, Printer to the Kings Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty; and are to be &s;old by Andrew Crook in Skinner-Row, and Samuel Hel&s;ham at the Colledg-Arms in Ca&s;tle-&s;treet. 1684:</P>
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