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A46588 A proclamation signifying His Majesties pleasure that all men being in office of government at the decease of the late King, His Majesties most dear and most entirely beloved brother, shall so continue, till His Majesties further direction / James R. England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1684 (1684) Wing J369; ESTC R21372 1,202 1

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DIEV ET MON DROIT By the King A PROCLAMATION Signifying His Majesties Pleasure That all Men being in Office of Government at the Decease of the late King His Majesties most Dear and most Entirely beloved Brother shall so continue till His Majesties further Direction JAMES R. FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God lately to call unto his infinite Mercy the most High and Mighty Prince King Charles the Second of most Blessed Memory the Kings Majesties most dear and most entirely beloved Brother by whose Decease the Authority and Power of the most part of the Off ces and Places of Iurisdiction and Government within this Realm and in the Realm of Ireland did cease and fail the Soveraign Person failing from whom the same were derived The Kings most Excellent Majesty in His Princely Wisdom and Care of the State reserving to His own Iudgment hereafter the Reformation and Redress of any Abuses in Mis-government upon due Knowledge and Examination thereof is pleased and hath so expresly signified That all Persons that at the time of the Decease of the late King His dearly beloved Brother were Duly and Lawfully Possessed of or Invested in any Office or Place of Authority or Government either Civil or Military within this Realm of England or in the Realm of Ireland or in any other His Majesties Dominions belonging thereunto And namely all Presidents Lieutenants Vice-Presidents Iudges Iustices Sheriffs Deputy-Lieutenants Commissioners of Musters Iustices of Peace and all others in place of Government either Meaner or Superior as aforesaid And all other Officers and Ministers whose Interests and Estates in their Offices are determined or ceased by the means aforementioned shall be and shall hold themselves continued in the said Places and Offices as formerly they held and enjoyed the same until His Majesties Pleasure be further known And that in the mean while for the preservation of the Peace and necessary Proceédings in matters of Iustice and for the Safety and Service of the State All the said Persons of whatsoever Degree or Condition may not fail every one severally according to his Place Office or Charge to proceed in the Performance and Execution of all Duties thereunto belonging as formerly appertained unto them and every of them while the late Kings Majesty was living And further His Majesty doth hereby Will and Command all and singular His Highness Subjects of what Estate Dignity or Degree they or any of them be to be Aiding Helping and Assisting and at the Commandment of the said Officers and Ministers in the Performance and Execution of the said Offices and Places as they and every of them Tender His Majesty's Displeasure and will answer for the Contrary at their uttermost Perils And further His Majesty's Will and Pleasure and Express Commandment is That all Orders and Directions Made or Given by the Lords of the Privy Council of the Late King in His Life-time shall be Obeyed and Performed by all and every Person and Persons and all and every Thing and Things to be done thereupon shall Proceed as Fully and as Amply as the same should have been Obeyed or Done in the Life of the said Late King His Majesty's most dearly and entirely beloved Brother Given at the Court at Whitehall the Sixth Day of February In the First Year of His Majesty's Reign of England Scotland France and Ireland GOD SAVE THE KING 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.