By the KING.

A PROCLAMATION,

For a. General FAST.

GEORGE R.
A, taking into Our most serious Consideration the just and necessary hostilities in
which We are engaged, and the unnatural Rebellion carrying on in Some Our Pro-
vinces and Colonies in North America , and putting Our Crust in Almighty God,
that he will vouchsafe a Special Blessing on Our Arms both by Sea and Land, have
resolved, and do, and with the Advice of Our Privy Council, hereby Command, That
a Pubick saft and humiliation be observed throughout that Part of Our kingdom of
Great Britain called England, Our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed ,
upon Wednesday the Twenty first Day of February next; that so both We and Our People
may bumble Ourselves before Almighty God, in order to obtain Pardon of Our Sins; and
may, in the most debout and solemn Manner, send up Our Prayers and Supplications to the Divine Majesty,
for averting those heavy Judgements which Our manisold Sins and Provocations have most justly deserved, and
imploring his Blessing and Assistance on Our Arms, and for restoring and perpetuating Peace, Safety, and Pros-
perity, to Us and Our kingdoms: And We do Strictly charge and command, That the said Publick Satt be
reverently and devoutly observed by all Our loving Subjects in England, Our Dominion of Wales, and Town of
Berwick upon Tweed , as they tender the Savour of Almighty God, and would avoid His Wrath and Indignation;
and upon Pain of Such Punishment as We may Justly inflict on all such as contemn and neglect the Performance
of so religious and necessary a Duty. And for the better and more orderly solemnizing the same, We have given
Directions to the Most Reverend the Archbishops, and the Right Reverend the Bishops of England, to Compose a
from of Prayer Suitable to this Dccaston, to be used in all Churches, Chapels, and Places of Publick Worship, and
to take care the same be timely dispersed throughout their respective Dioceses.

Given at Our at St. James's the Twelfth or January, One thousand Seven
hundred and eighty-one, in the Tweny-frist Year of Our Reign.

God Save the King.

LONDON:
Printed by CHARLES EYRE< no role > and WILLIAM STRAHAN< no role > , Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty.
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