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PROCLAMATION For Adjourning the Parliament.

WILLIAM by the Grace of GOD, King of Great-Britain France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith:
To Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethreen, Heraulds, Macers of Our Privy Council, Pursevants, Messengers at Arms, Our Sheriffs in that part, conjunctly and severally, special­ly constitute, Greeting:

Forasmuchas, We by Our Proclamation, of the Date the ninth day of June last by past, did Adjourn this Our current Par­liament to the twelvth day of September next to come: And whereas the present state of Our Affairs, does not require the Meeting of Our Parliament so soon as the said Day to which it was Adjourned: Therefore We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council are resolved to continue the said Adjournment from the said twelvth Day of September next to come, to the eight day of November next thereafter; And that the Members of Our said Parliament be not put to unnecessary Trouble and Charges before that time; We do hereby with Advice foresaid continue the Adjournment of Our said Parliament from the said twelvth day of September to the said Eight day of November next to come: And We do hereby Or­der and Require all the Members of Our said Parliament, to at­tend the said eight day of November next at Edinburgh, in the usual Way, and under the Certifications contained in the several Acts of Parliament made there­anent. OUR WILL IS HEREFORE, and We Charge you strictly and Command, that incontinent these Our Letters seen, ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh, and to the Mercat Crosses of the Remanent Head-Burghs of the several Shires and Stewartries of this Our Antient Kingdom, and there by open Proclamation make Intimation, that Our said Parliament is Adjour­ned to the said eight day of November next to come: And ordains these presents to be Printed.

Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii. GILB. ELLIOT Cls. Sti. Concilii.

GOD Save the King

Edinburgh, Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson' Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, Anno Dom. 1699.

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