A
PROCLAMATION
For
a
solemn
and
publick
Thanksgiving
.
WILLIAM
and
MARY
by
the
Grace
of
God
,
King
and
Queen
of
Great-Britain
,
France
and
Ireland
,
Defenders
of
the
Faith
;
To
Our
Lovits
Macers
of
our
Privy
Council
,
Messengers
at
Arms
,
Our
Sheriffs
in
that
part
conjunctly
and
severally
,
specially
constitute
,
greeting
;
Whereas
,
We
have
thought
fit
,
to
appoint
a
solemn
and
publick
Day
of
Thanksgiving
,
to
be
kept
,
for
giving
Thanks
to
Almighty
GOD
,
for
the
great
Success
of
our
Arms
in
our
Expedition
into
our
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
against
the
Enemies
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
Our
Government
,
and
for
Our
Safe
Return
.
Therefore
,
We
with
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
Lords
of
Our
Privy
Council
,
do
hereby
Indict
,
and
Appoint
a
Day
of
solemn
and
publick
Thanksgiving
,
to
be
Religiously
Observed
and
Kept
in
all
the
Churches
&
Meeting-houses
within
the
City
of
Edinburgh
,
&
in
the
Shires
of
Edinburgh
,
Haddingtoun
&
Linlithgow
upon
Sunday
next
,
the
twentie
one
day
of
September
current
;
and
in
all
the
Churches
and
Meeting-houses
of
the
other
Shires
and
Burghs
of
this
Kingdom
,
upon
Sunday
,
the
fifth
Day
of
October
next
:
And
Ordains
the
Ministers
in
the
saids
other
Shires
,
to
cause
Read
,
and
make
Intimation
hereof
upon
the
Sunday
preceeding
,
and
that
all
Persons
give
punctual
Obedience
hereunto
,
as
they
will
be
answerable
at
their
highest
Perril
.
And
We
require
Our
Solicitor
,
in
the
most
convenient
Way
and
Method
to
dispatch
,
and
send
printed
Coppies
of
this
Our
Proclamation
,
to
the
Sheriffs
of
the
several
Shires
,
and
the
Stewarts
of
the
Stwartries
,
and
their
Deputs
,
and
Clerks
,
whom
We
ordain
to
cause
Publish
,
and
immediatly
transmit
the
famine
to
the
Ministers
in
all
the
Churches
and
Meeting-houses
within
their
respective
Jurisdictions
.
And
ordains
thir
presents
to
be
Printed
,
&
Published
at
the
Mercat-cross
of
Edinburgh
,
and
at
the
Mercat-crosses
of
the
Head-burghs
of
the
several
Shires
,
and
Stewartries
within
this
Kingdom
,
that
none
may
pretend
Ignorance
.
Given
under
Our
Signet
,
at
Holy-rood-house
,
the
seventeenth
day
of
September
,
one
thousand
six
hundred
and
ninety
,
and
of
Our
Reign
the
second
Year
.
Per
Actum
Dominorum
Sti.
Concilii
.
Gilb.
Eliot
.
Cls.
Sti.
Concilii
.
God
save
King
William
and
Queen
Mary
.