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