By the King, a proclamation for a publick thanksgiving England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A66206 of text R24557 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W2458). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A66206 Wing W2458 ESTC R24557 08246934 ocm 08246934 41165 2264211263

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By the King , A PROCLAMATION For a Publick Thanksgiving . WILLIAM R.

WHereas it hath pleased Almighty God in His great Goodness to put an end to the late War , in which His Majesty and His Allies were Ingaged against the French King , by the Conclusion of Peace betweén His Majesty and the Princes and States in Confederacy with Him and the said French King , upon such a Foundation as , by the Blessing of God , may prove effectual to procure a Firm and Lasting Tranquility to Europe : His Majesty therefore adoring the Divine Goodness , and duly considering that such great and publick Blessings do call for publick and solemn Acknowledgments , hath thought fit ( by the Advice of His Privy Council ) to Issue this His Royal Proclamation , hereby Appointing and Commanding that a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God , for these His Mercies , be Observed throughout this Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , on Thursday the Second Day of December next . And for the better and more orderly Solemnizing the same , We have given Directions to the most Reverend the Archbishops and Right Reverend the Bishops of this Kingdom , to Compose a Form of Prayer suitable to this Occasion , to be Vsed in all Churches and Chapels and other Places of Publick Worship and t● take Care for the timely Dispersing of the same throughout their respective Dioceses . And We do strictly Charge and Command that the said Publick Day of Thanksgiving be Religiously Observed by all our Loving Subjects as they tender the Favour of Almighty God , and upon Pain of suffering such Punishment , as We can justly Inflict upon all such who shall Contemn or Neglect the same .

Given at Our Court at Kensington the Seventeenth Day of November , 1697. In the Ninth Year of Our Reign . God save the King .

London , Printed by Charles Bill , and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb , deceas'd , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1697.