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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46548	A proclamation, for a thanksgiving throughout the kingdom of Scotland, for the late defeat of the Kings enemies	England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701.; Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of, 1649-1685.; Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Earl of, 1629-1685.	1685 (1685)	Wing J327A; ESTC R18871	1,126	1

HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT A PROCLAMATION For a thanksgiving throughout the Kingdom of Scotland for the late Defeat of the Kings Enemies JAMES by the Grace of GOD King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Herauld Macers of Our Privy Council Pursevants and Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as James Scot late Duke of Monmouth and Archibald Campbel late Earl of Argile with their Traiterous Confederates and Accomplices Having most presumptiously Invaded both Our Kingdoms of Scotland and England by Armed Force of purpose to have destroyed Us and all Our good and Loyal Subjects and subverted Our Government in Church and State but it having pleased Almighty God by whom Kings Reign and Princes decree Justice by his Miraculous Providence and Omnipotent hand to confound and blast the Hellish Devices and Projects of these our Enemies and utterly to discomfite and subdue them We have therfore from a Due and Religious sense of Gods so great Mercy and Deliverance towards us and Our People in these Realms Thought fit with Advice of Our Privy Council Hereby to set apart solemn days of Thanksgiving for offering solemn Praise to Almighty God for so great and miraculous a Deliverance and making humble Prayers and Supplications that his Divine Majesty may continue his undeserved Goodness towards Us and these Our Kingdoms And to the end this Solemn and Religious a Thanks giving may be gone about in a devout manner We do hereby Recommend to the Most Reverend the Arch-Bishops and the Right Reverend the Bishops that they cause the Ministers in their Diocesses respectively from their Pulpits Read and Intimate this our Royal Pleasure on the Lords Day immediately preceeding the Dyets appointed for the said Thanksgiving which are after-mentioned viz. These for the Diocess of Edinburgh upon Thursday the Twenty Third Instant and these of all the other Diocesses of this our Kingdom upon Thursday being the Thirteenth Day of August next And We hereby Require and Command all Our good Subjects Peremptorly and Religiously to Observe these Solemn Days of Thanksgiving as they would tender the Glory of Almighty God for so Signal a Deliverance and not incur Our high Displeasure yet We are not hereby to lessen the Resentments of our good Subjects on this Occasion but allow them after Divine Service performed to use all lawful demonstrations of Joy and Gladness And that Our Pleasure in the Premisses may be known Our Will is and We Charge you strictly and Command that in continent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and all the other Mercat Crosses of the Head ● urghs of the Shires of this Kingdom and thereby open Proclamation in Our Royal Name and Authority make Publication of Our Pleasure in the Premisses that all Our Subjects may have Notice thereof and give Obedience accordingly Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Sixteenth day of July 1685. And of Our Reign the first Year Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilij COL MACKENZIE Cls. Sti. Concilij God save the King Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty 1685. And Reprinted at London by E. Mallet in Black-Horse-Alley near Fleet-Bridge