WE the Lords Spiritual and Temporal assembled in this Conjuncture, Do Desire Your Highness to take upon You the Administration of publick Affairs, both Civil and Military, and the Disposal of the publick Revenue, for the Preservation of our Religion, Rights, Laws, Liberties and Properties, and of the Peace of the Nation; And that Your Highness will take into Your particular Care, the present Condition of Ire­land, and endeavour, by the most speedy and effectual means, to prevent the Dangers threat­ning that Kingdom: All which we make our Requests to Your Highness to undertake, and Exercise, till the Meeting of the intended Convention, the Two and twentieth of Janu­ary next: in which we doubt not such proper methods will be taken, as will conduce to the Establishment of these things upon such sure and legal Foundations, that they may not be in Danger of being again Subverted.

Dated at the House of Lords. Westminster, December the Five and twentieth, 1688.

WE the Lords Spiritual and Temporal Assembled at Westminster in this Extraordinary Conjuncture, Do humbly Desire Your Highnesse to cause Letters to be written, subscribed by Your Self, to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, being Protestants, and to the several Counties, Universi­ties, Cities, Boroughs, and Cinque-Ports of England, Wales, and Town of Berwick, upon Tweed; the Letters for the Counties to be directed to the Coroners of the respective Counties, or any of them, and in Default of the Coroners to the Clerk of the Peace of the respective Counties; and the Let­ters for the Universities to be directed to the respective Vice-Chancellors; and the Letters to the several Cities, Boroughs, and Cinque-Ports, to be directed to the chief Magistrates of each respective City, Borough, and Cinque-Port, containing directions for the choosing in all such Counties, Cities, Universities, Boroughs, and Cinque-Ports, within ten Days after the receipt of the said Respective Letters, such a number of Persons to represent them as are of right to be sent to Parliament; of which Elections; and the times and places thereof, the Respective Officers shal give notice within the space of Five days at the least. Notice intended Elections for the Counties to be published in the Churches immediatly after the time of Divine Service, and in all Market Towns within the respective Counties; and notice of the intended Elections for the Cities, Univer­sities, Boroughs, and Cinque-Ports, to be published with in the said respective places. The said Letters, and the Execution thereof, to be returned by such Officer and Officers, who shal execute the same, to the Clerk of the Crown in the Court of Chancery, so as the persons so to be chosen may meet and sit at Westminster on the Two and twentieth day of Ianuary next.

Dated at the House of Lords, Westminster, December the Twenty fifth. 1688.