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         England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
      
       
         
           1665
        
      
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             By the King, a proclamation for a generall fast throughout this realm of England
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
             Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
          
           2 sheets.
           
             Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker ...,
             London :
             1665.
          
           
             "Given at our court at St. James's this sixth day of July, in the seventeenth year of our reign."
             Printed as broadside, now in 2 sheets.
             Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Proclamations -- Great Britain.
           Plague -- England -- London.
           Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685.
        
      
    
     
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             royal coat of arms
          
           By
           the
           King.
           A
           PROCLAMATION
           FOR
           A
           Generall
           FAST
           Throughout
           this
           Realm
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           
             CHARLES
             R.
             
          
        
         
           WHereas
           it
           hath
           pleased
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           after
           many
           years
           of
           Health
           ,
           and
           many
           great
           and
           miraculous
           Mercies
           afforded
           to
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           visit
           the
           Cities
           of
           
             London
          
           and
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           and
           places
           adjacent
           with
           the
           Plague
           and
           Pestilence
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           spreading
           thereof
           into
           several
           Parishes
           ,
           &
           other
           the
           more
           remote
           parts
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           seems
           to
           threaten
           a
           general
           and
           most
           dreadful
           Visitation
           :
           To
           the
           end
           therefore
           that
           Prayers
           and
           Supplications
           may
           every
           where
           be
           offered
           up
           unto
           Almighty
           God
           for
           the
           removal
           of
           this
           heavy
           Iudgement
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           Solemn
           Days
           and
           Times
           may
           be
           set
           apart
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           these
           and
           other
           Religious
           Duties
           ;
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           is
           pleased
           ,
           by
           the
           Advice
           of
           His
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           to
           Declare
           ,
           and
           doth
           hereby
           publish
           and
           declare
           his
           Royal
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           ,
           That
           Wednesday
           next
           being
           the
           Twelfth
           day
           of
           this
           instant
           
             July
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           observed
           and
           kept
           within
           the
           Cities
           of
           
             London
          
           and
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           and
           places
           adjacent
           ,
           as
           a
           Day
           of
           Fasting
           and
           Humiliation
           ;
           And
           Wednesday
           three
           Weeks
           after
           being
           the
           Second
           day
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           observed
           and
           kept
           in
           like
           manner
           in
           all
           parts
           of
           this
           Realm
           ;
           and
           so
           from
           thence
           forward
           every
           First
           Wednesday
           of
           every
           Moneth
           successively
           ,
           until
           it
           shall
           please
           God
           to
           withdraw
           this
           Plague
           and
           grievous
           Sickness
           .
        
         
         
           And
           that
           the
           solemnization
           of
           these
           days
           may
           be
           with
           such
           Order
           and
           Decency
           as
           is
           requisite
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           by
           the
           Advice
           of
           His
           Reverend
           Bishops
           hath
           directed
           to
           be
           Composed
           ,
           Printed
           and
           Published
           the
           Form
           of
           such
           Prayers
           as
           His
           Majesty
           thinks
           fit
           to
           be
           used
           in
           all
           Churches
           and
           Chappels
           at
           these
           publick
           Meetings
           ,
           and
           also
           upon
           Wednesdays
           in
           every
           Week
           ;
           And
           hath
           given
           charge
           to
           His
           Bishops
           to
           disperse
           the
           same
           through
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           All
           which
           His
           Majesty
           doth
           expresly
           charge
           and
           command
           shall
           be
           reverently
           and
           devoutly
           performed
           by
           all
           His
           loving
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           answer
           to
           God
           for
           the
           neglect
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Duty
           and
           Service
           ,
           and
           upon
           pain
           of
           being
           proceeded
           against
           as
           wilful
           Breakers
           and
           Contemners
           of
           this
           His
           Royal
           Will
           and
           Command
           .
        
         
           And
           His
           Majesty
           doth
           further
           declare
           ,
           That
           upon
           all
           and
           every
           the
           said
           Days
           of
           Fasting
           and
           Humiliation
           ,
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           Collection
           made
           of
           the
           Alms
           and
           Charitable
           Benevolence
           of
           the
           several
           persons
           in
           the
           respective
           Churches
           and
           Chappels
           then
           Assembled
           :
           Which
           Collections
           shall
           be
           paid
           in
           to
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           several
           Dioceses
           wherein
           such
           Collection
           shall
           be
           made
           ,
           or
           to
           such
           Persons
           as
           the
           Bishops
           shall
           appoint
           to
           receive
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Bishops
           shall
           take
           care
           ,
           That
           the
           Moneys
           so
           collected
           and
           paid
           in
           ,
           be
           in
           the
           first
           place
           applyed
           to
           the
           Relief
           of
           such
           places
           as
           shall
           be
           visited
           with
           the
           Plague
           within
           the
           Diocese
           wherein
           such
           Collections
           shall
           be
           made
           .
           And
           the
           Overplus
           ,
           if
           any
           be
           ,
           shall
           be
           paid
           in
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           or
           such
           as
           he
           shall
           appoint
           to
           receive
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           be
           applyed
           to
           the
           Poor
           who
           are
           sick
           and
           visited
           with
           the
           Plague
           in
           
             London
          
           or
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           or
           the
           parts
           adjacent
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           doth
           Command
           ,
           That
           the
           respective
           Preachers
           on
           the
           said
           Fast-days
           do
           earnestly
           exhort
           the
           people
           in
           the
           several
           Parishes
           to
           a
           Free
           and
           Chearful
           Contribution
           towards
           the
           Relief
           of
           their
           Christian
           Brethren
           ,
           whom
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           visit
           with
           Sickness
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             Our
             Court
             at
             St.
             
               James's
            
             
               this
               Sixth
               day
               of
               
                 July
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               Seventeenth
               year
               of
               Our
               Reign
               .
            
          
        
         
           God
           save
           the
           King.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             John
             Bill
          
           and
           
             Christopher
             Barker
             ,
          
           Printers
           to
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           1665.
           
        
      
    
  

