A
PROCLAMATION
For
Adjourning
of
the
Parliament
,
From
the
20
of
December
to
the
1
of
March
thereafter
.
FOrasmuch
as
the
Lords
of
His
Majesties
Privy
Council
,
by
their
Proclamation
of
the
date
,
the
First
day
of
October
last
by
past
,
in
obedience
to
,
and
by
vertue
of
,
His
Majesties
special
Command
and
Authority
,
did
in
His
Majesties
Name
Adjourn
this
Current
Parliament
,
from
the
Eighth
day
of
October
then
ensuing
(
to
which
day
the
Parliament
was
formerly
Adjourned
)
until
the
Twentieth
day
of
December
instants
,
And
diverse
great
and
weighty
Considerations
moving
His
Sacred
Majesty
to
continue
the
said
Adjournment
from
the
said
Twenty
day
of
December
,
to
the
First
of
March
next
,
in
the
year
One
thousand
six
hundred
and
ninety
;
and
that
the
Members
thereof
may
not
be
put
to
the
trouble
and
charge
of
meeting
upon
the
said
Twenty
day
of
December
,
His
Majesty
hath
by
His
Royal
Letter
,
of
the
date
at
Holland-House
,
the
Thirty
day
of
November
last
by
past
,
Authorized
and
Required
the
saids
Lords
to
issue
forth
a
Proclamation
in
His
Name
,
Continuing
the
Adjournment
of
this
Current
Parliament
to
the
First
day
of
March
next
;
And
if
His
Majesty
shall
find
it
necessary
that
the
said
Parliament
meet
sooner
,
he
will
signifie
the
famine
by
a
Proclamation
to
Anticipat
that
Dyet
:
Therefore
the
saids
Lords
of
Privy
Council
do
in
His
Majsties
Name
,
and
by
His
special
Command
and
Authority
,
Declare
the
said
Parliament
Current
,
and
Continue
the
Adjournment
thereof
until
the
said
First
day
of
March
next
ensuing
the
date
of
the
present
;
and
Require
and
Command
the
Lyon
King
at
Arms
,
and
his
Brethren
Heraulds
,
Macers
of
Privy
Council
,
Pursevants
,
Messengers
at
Arms
,
Sheriffs
in
that
part
,
conjunctly
and
severally
,
that
incontinent
these
presents
seen
,
they
pass
to
the
Mercat-Cross
of
Edinburgh
,
and
the
remanent
Mercat-Crosses
of
the
Head
Burghs
of
this
Kingdom
,
and
there
in
His
Majesties
Name
and
Authority
foresaid
,
by
open
Proclamation
,
make
Intimation
of
the
Continuation
of
the
said
Adjournment
,
from
the
Twenty
day
of
December
instant
,
to
the
First
day
of
March
next
;
Requiring
hereby
all
the
Members
of
Parliament
to
attend
that
day
,
in
the
usual
Way
,
and
upon
the
accustomed
Certifications
Declaring
hereby
,
not
with
standing
of
the
present
Adjournment
,
that
if
His
Majesty
shall
find
it
necessary
,
the
Parliament
should
meet
before
the
said
First
day
of
March
next
,
he
will
be
favourably
pleased
to
signifie
the
famine
,
by
a
Proclamation
for
Anticipating
that
Dyet
:
For
doing
of
all
which
,
the
saids
Lords
commit
to
them
conjunctly
and
sseverally
,
His
Majesties's
full
Power
by
these
presents
,
delivering
the
famine
by
them
duly
Execute
and
Indorfaragain
to
the
Bearer
.
Given
at
Edinburgh
,
the
Fourth
day
of
December
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
and
eighty
nine
years
.
Per
Actum
Dominorum
Sti.
Concilii
.
GILB
.
ELIOT
Cls.
Sti.
Concilii
.
GOD
Save
King
WILLIAM
and
Queen
MARY
.