Forasmuch , as We , with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council , Did , by Our Proclamation of the date , the fourth day of January , last by-past , Adjourn the current Parliament of this Our Antient Kingdom of Scotland , from the fourteenth Day of the said Month of January last by-past , to the fifteenth Day of April next ensuing , both in this instant Year of GOD , One thousand six hundred ninety two years ; And now , in regard that Our Affairs in this Our said Antient Kingdom , do not require the Meeting of Our Parliament so soon , and in Consideration of Our Absence out of Britain for the time , and that the Members of Parliament may not be put to the Trouble and Charge of Meeting upon the said day : We therefore , with Advice of Our saids Lords of Privy Council , hereby Adjourn Our said current Parliament , until the seventeenth Day of August next to come , in this said instant year , One thousand six hundred ninety two ; Hereby Requiring all the Members of Our Parliament , to give their attendance at Edinburgh on that Day , in the accustomed manner , and under the Certifications contained in the several Acts of Parliament . 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 whole Head-Burghs of the several Shires of this Kingdom , and there , in Our Name and Authority , by open Proclamation , make publication of the said Adjournment of Our current Parliament , of this Our Antient Kingdom , from the said fifteenth Day of April , to the said seventeenth Day of August both next ensuing . And Ordains these Presents to be Printed .