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<HEAD>THE LORDS Spiritual and Temporal, A&s;&s;embled at the Hou&s;e of LORDS, <HI>WEST MINSTER, December</HI> 25. 1688.</HEAD>
<P>_WE the Lords Spiritual and Temporal A&s;&s;embled in this Conjuncture, Do De&s;ire Your Highne&s;s to take upon You the Admini&s;tration of publick Affairs, both Civil and Military, and the di&s;po&s;al of the publick Revenue, for the pre&s;ervation of our Religion, Rights, Laws, Liberties and Properties, and of the Peace of the Nation; And that Your Highne&s;s will take into Your particular Care, the pre|&s;ent Condition of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and endeavour, by the mo&s;t &s;peedy and effectual means, to prevent the Dangers threatning that Kingdom: All which we make our Reque&s;ts to Your Highne&s;s to undertake, and exerci&s;e, till the Meeting of the intended Conven|tion, the Two and twentieth of <HI>January</HI> next; in which we doubt not &s;uch proper methods will be taken, as will conduce to the E&s;tabli&s;hment of the&s;e things upon &s;uch &s;ure and legal Foundations, that they may not be in Danger of being again Subverted. <HI>Dated at the Hou&s;e of Lords,</HI> We&s;t|min&s;ter, December <HI>the Five and twentieth,</HI> 1688.</P>
<P>WE the Lords Spiritual and Temporal A&s;&s;embled at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> in this Extraordinary Conjuncture, Do humbly De&s;ire Your Highne&s;s to cau&s;e Letters to be written, &s;ub|&s;cribed by Your Self, to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, being Prote&s;tants, and to the &s;everal Counties, Univer&s;ities, Cities, Boroughs, and Cinque-Ports of <HI>England, Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Twede;</HI> the Letters for the Counties to be directed to the Coroners of the re&s;pective Counties, or any of them, and in Default of the Coroners to the Clerk of the Peace of the re&s;pective Counties; and the Letters for the Univer&s;ities to be directed to the re&s;pective Vice-Chancellors; and the Letters to the &s;everal Cities, Boroughs, and Cinque-Ports, to be directed to the chief Magi&s;trates of each re&s;pective City, Borough and Cinque-Port, containing directions for the choo&s;ing in all &s;uch Counties, Cities, Univer&s;ities, Boroughs, and Cinque-Ports, within Ten Days after the receipt of the &s;aid re&s;pective Letters, &s;uch a number of Per&s;ons to repre&s;ent them as are of right to be &s;ent to Parliament; of which Elections, and the times and places thereof, the re&s;pective Officers &s;hall give notice within the &s;pace of Five days at the lea&s;t. Notice of the intended Elections for the Counties to be publi&s;hed in the Churches immediately after the time of <HI>Divine Service,</HI> and in all Market Towns within the re&s;pective Counties; and notice of the intended Elections for the Cities, Univer&s;ities, Boroughs, and Cinque-Ports, to be publi&s;hed within the &s;aid re&s;pective places. The &s;aid Letters, and the Execution thereof, to be returned by &s;uch Officer and Officers, who &s;hall execute the &s;ame, to the Clerk of the Crown in the Court of <HI>Chancery,</HI> &s;o as the per&s;ons &s;o to be cho&s;en may meet and &s;it at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> on the Two and twentieth day of <HI>January</HI> next. Dated at the Hou&s;e of Lords, <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter, December</HI> the Twenty Fifth, 1688.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Both which were Signed by all the Lords Spiritual and Temporal then A&s;&s;embled, and Pre&s;ented to His Highne&s;s the</HI> Prince of ORANGE <HI>the &s;ame Day at St.</HI> James<HI>'s.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>His Highne&s;s the Prince of Oranges An&s;wer To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, at St. <HI>James</HI>'s, <HI>December,</HI> 28. 1688.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>MY LORDS,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I <HI>Have con&s;idered of Your Advice, and, as far as I am able, I will endeavour to &s;ecure the Peace of the Nation, until the Meeting of the Convention in</HI> January <HI>next, for the Election whereof I will forthwith i&s;&s;ue out Letters according to your de&s;ire; I will al&s;o take Care to apply the publick Revenue to the mo&s;t proper &V;&s;es, that the pre&s;ent Affairs require; and likewi&s;e endeavour to put</HI> Ireland <HI>into &s;uch a Condition, as that the Prote&s;tant Religion, and the</HI> Engli&s;h <HI>Intere&s;t may be Maintained in that King|dom: And I further a&s;&s;ure you, That as I came hither for the Pre&s;ervation of the Prote&s;tant Religion, and the Laws and Liberties of the&s;e Kingdoms, &s;o I &s;hall always be ready to expo&s;e my &s;elf to any hazard for the Defence of the &s;ame.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Starkey,</HI> and <HI>Awn&s;ham</HI> and <HI>William Churchill,</HI> MDCLXXXVIII.</P>
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