By
the
King
,
A
PROCLAMATION
,
For
a
Publick
THANKSGIVING
.
WILLIAM
R.
WHereas
it
hath
pleased
Almighty
God
in
His
Providence
towards
Vs
and
Our
People
,
to
Manifest
His
Power
and
Mercy
,
in
Discovering
and
Delivering
Vs
from
a
Horrid
and
Barbarous
Conspiracy
of
Papists
,
and
other
Traiterous
Persons
,
to
Assassinate
and
Murder
Our
Royal
Person
,
and
from
an
Invasion
intended
by
the
French
upon
this
Kingdom
,
whereby
not
only
the
Destruction
of
Our
Royal
Person
was
Plotted
and
Intended
,
but
the
Total
Subversion
of
Our
Government
,
and
of
the
Religion
,
Laws
and
Liberties
of
this
Realm
:
And
whereas
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
in
Parliament
Assembled
,
have
by
their
humble
Address
besought
Vs
to
Issue
Our
Royal
Proclamation
for
Appointing
a
Day
of
Solemn
Thanksgiving
to
Almighty
God
,
for
Our
happy
Deliverance
from
the
said
Villanous
and
Barbarous
Conspiracy
against
Our
Royal
Person
,
and
from
the
said
intended
Invasion
:
We
therefore
Adoring
the
Divine
Goodness
,
and
duly
Considering
that
such
Great
and
Publick
Blessings
do
call
for
Publick
and
Solemn
Acknowledgments
,
Have
thought
fit
(
by
the
Advice
of
Our
Privy
Council
)
to
Issue
this
Our
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
Sixteenth
Day
of
April
next
.
And
for
the
better
,
and
more
orderly
Solemnizing
the
same
,
We
have
given
Directions
to
the
most
Reverend
the
Arch-Bishops
,
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
Chappels
,
and
other
Places
of
Publick
Worship
,
and
to
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
Twelfth
Day
of
March
,
1695/6.
In
the
Eighth
Year
of
Our
Reign
.
God
save
the
King
.