Whereas it hath pleased almighty God to call to his mercy our late soveraign lord King Charles the Second of blessed memory, by whose decease the imperial crowns of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, are solely and rightfully come to the high and mighty Prince James, Duke of York and Albany ... England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B03087 of text R172070 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E2922A). 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. 4 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 B03087 Wing E2922A ESTC R172070 53981521 ocm 53981521 180227 2240865994

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royal blazon or coat of arms

WHereas it hath pleased Almighty God to call to his mercy our late Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second of Blessed Memory , by whose Decease , the Imperial Crowns of England , Scotland , France and Ireland , are solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince James , Duke of York and Albany , His said late Majesties only Brother and Heir . We therefore the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm , being here Assisted with those of His late Majesties Privy Council , with numb●rs of other Principal Gentlemen of quality with the Lord Mayor , Aldermen , and Citizens of London , do now hereby with one full Voice a●d Consent of Tongue and Heart , Publish and Proclaim , That the High and Mighty Prince James the second , is now by the Death of our late Soveraign of Happy Memorie , become our only Lawful , Lineal , and Rightful Liege Lord , James the Second , by the Grace of God King of England , Scotland , France and Ireland , Defender of the Faith , &c. To whom we do acknowledge all Faith and constant Obedience , with all hearty and humble Affection : Beseeching God by whom Kings do Reign , to Bless the Royal King James the Second with long and happy years to Reign over us .

GOD save King JAMES the Second W. Cant. Guilford C. S. Rochester P. Halyfax C. P. S. Norfolke Somerset Albemarle Beaufort Shrewsbury Kent Huntingdon Pembroke Salisbury Bridgwater Westmorland Manchester Peterborow Chesterfield Sunderland Scarsdale Clarendon Bathe Craven Ailesbury Litchfield Feversham Nottingham Berkeley Morray Middleton Fauconberg Newport Weymouth Lumley Clifford H. London N. Durham Tho. Roffens North and G●●● W. Maynard Cornwallis Arundell Godolphin Drummond J. Ernle Tho. Chicheley L. Jenkins .

London , Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Deceas'd : And by Henry Hills , and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty . 1684.

Re-Printed at Edinburgh , by the Heir of Andrew Anderson , Printer to His most Sacred Majesty , anno DOM. 1685.