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A96564 By the King, a proclamation for a publick thanksgiving England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III) 1696 (1696) Wing W2457; ESTC R226567 776 3

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By the King A PROCLAMATION For a Publick THANKSGIVING WILLIAM R. WHereas it hath pleased Almighty God in His Providence towards Vs and Our People to Manifest His Power and Mercy in Discovering and Delivering Vs from a Horrid and Barbarous Conspiracy of Papists and other Traiterous Persons to Assassinate and Murder Our Royal Person and from an Invasion intended by the French upon this Kingdom whereby not only the Destruction of Our Royal Person was Plotted and Intended but the Total Subversion of Our Government and of the Religion Laws and Liberties of this Realm And whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled have by their humble Address besought Vs to Issue Our Royal Proclamation for Appointing a Day of Solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God for Our happy Deliverance from the said Villanous and Barbarous Conspiracy against Our Royal Person and from the said intended Invasion We therefore Adoring the Divine Goodness and duly Considering that such Great and Publick Blessings do call for Publick and Solemn Acknowledgments Have thought fit by the Advice of Our Privy Council to Issue this Our Royal Proclamation hereby Appointing and Commanding That a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for these His Mercies be Observed throughout this Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed on Thursday the Sixteenth Day of April next And for the better and more orderly Solemnizing the same We have given Directions to the most Reverend the Arch-Bishops and 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 throughout their respective Dioceses And We do strictly Charge and Command That the said Publick Day of Thanksgiving be Religiously Observed by all Our Loving Subjects as they Tender the Favour of Almighty God and upon Pain of suffering such Punishment as We can justly Inflict upon all such who shall Contemn or Neglect the same Given at Our Court at Kensington the Twelfth Day of March 1695 6. In the Eighth 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 1695 6.