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         England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III)
      
       
         
           1697
        
      
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             By the King, a proclamation for a general fast
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III)
             William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
          
           1 broadside.
           
             Printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd ...,
             London :
             1696/7.
          
           
             "Given at our court at Kensington, the eighteenth day of March, 1696/7, in the ninth year of our reign."
             Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702.
        
      
    
     
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           By
           the
           King
           ,
        
         
           A
           PROCLAMATION
           For
           a
           General
           FAST
           .
        
         
           
             WILLIAM
             R.
             
          
        
         
           FOR
           the
           Imploring
           a
           Blessing
           from
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           upon
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           all
           His
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Averting
           of
           those
           Iudgments
           which
           our
           manifold
           Sins
           and
           Provocations
           have
           most
           justly
           Deserved
           ,
           The
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           has
           thought
           fit
           ,
           and
           doth
           (
           by
           the
           Advise
           of
           His
           Privy
           Council
           )
           hereby
           Appoint
           and
           Command
           ,
           That
           a
           General
           Fast
           ,
           and
           Day
           of
           Solemn
           Humiliation
           be
           Kept
           and
           Observed
           throughout
           His
           Majesties
           Realm
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           Dominion
           of
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           and
           Town
           of
           
             Berwick
          
           upon
           
             Tweed
             ,
          
           in
           most
           Devout
           and
           Solemn
           Manner
           ,
           on
           
             Wednesday
          
           the
           Twenty
           eight
           Day
           of
           
             April
          
           next
           .
           And
           for
           the
           more
           orderly
           Solemnizing
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           has
           given
           Directions
           to
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           the
           Bishops
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           Compose
           a
           Form
           of
           Prayer
           Suitable
           to
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           to
           be
           Vsed
           in
           all
           Churches
           and
           Chappels
           ,
           and
           other
           Places
           of
           Publick
           Worship
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           Care
           for
           the
           timely
           Dispersing
           of
           the
           same
           through
           their
           several
           Dioceses
           in
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           His
           Majesty
           doth
           strictly
           Charge
           and
           Command
           ,
           That
           the
           said
           Fastings
           and
           Prayers
           be
           Soberly
           ,
           Reverently
           and
           Decently
           performed
           by
           all
           His
           Loving
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           they
           tender
           the
           Favour
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           upon
           Pain
           of
           such
           Punishments
           as
           can
           justly
           be
           inflicted
           upon
           all
           such
           as
           shall
           Contemn
           or
           Neglect
           so
           Religious
           a
           Work.
           
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             Our
             Court
             at
             
               Kensington
            
             
               the
               Eighteenth
               Day
               of
               
                 March
                 ,
              
               1696
               /
               ●
               .
               In
               the
               Ninth
               Year
               of
               Our
               Reign
               .
            
          
           
           God
           save
           the
           King.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
               LONDON
               ,
            
             Printed
             by
             
               Charles
               Bill
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Executrix
             of
             
               Thomas
               Newcomb
               ,
            
             deceas'd
             ,
             Printers
             to
             the
             Kings
             most
             Excellent
             Majesty
             .
             16●6
             /
             7
          
        
      
    
  

