WHereas, the Estates of this Kingdom of Scotland, by their Act of the Date of these Presents, have Re­solved,, That William and Mary, King and Queen of England, France aud Ireland, Be, and Be declared King and Queen of Scotland, to hold the Crown and Royal Dignity of the said Kingdom of Scotland, to them the said King and Queen, during their Lives, and the longest Li­ver of Them; and that the Sole and Full Exercise of the Regal Power, be only in, and Exercised by the said King, in the Names of the said King and Queen, during their joynt Lives. As also, the Estates having Resolved and Enacted an Instru­ment of Government, or Claim of Right, to be presented with the Offer of the Crown, to the said King and Queen. They do Statute and Ordain, that William and Mary, King and Queen of England, France and Ireland, be accordingly forthwith Proclaimed King and Queen of Scotland, at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh, by the Lyon King at Arms, or his Deputs, his Brethren Heraulds, Macers and Pursevants, and at the Head-Burghs of all the Shires, Stewartries, Bailliaries, and Re­galities within the Kingdom, by Messengers at Arms. Ex­tracted forth of the Records of the Meeting of the Estates; by me