royal coat of arms  By the King, 
A PROCLAMATION.  
JAMES R.  
IT having pleased Almighty God of his great and continued Mercy to His Majesty and His Kingdoms, to Bless Him and His Royal Consort the Queen with a Son, and these His Kingdoms and Dominions with a Prince, His Majesty this day in Council hath thought fit to appoint a time of Public Thanksgiving to Almighty God throughout this Kingdom for so great a Blessing: And His Majesty doth accordingly Appoint and Command, That upon Sunday next, being the Seventeenth day of this instant June, within the Cities of London and Westminster and Ten Miles distance, and upon the First day of July next in all other Places throughout this Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, be had and Solemnised a Public Thanksgiving to Almighty God for so great a Blessing vouchsafed to His Majesty and these His Kingdoms; And for this purpose His Majesty hath signified His Royal Pleasure to the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Lord Bishop of Rochester forthwith to prepare a Form of Religious Service and Public Thanksgiving, which may be suitable to this occasion: Which Form of Service and Public Thanksgiving His Majesty will cause to be Printed and Published, and to be distributed throughout the several and respective Dioceses of this Kingdom, to be observed and used in the Churches and Chapels of this Kingdom and Dominion aforesaid, upon the several and respective days beforementioned.  
Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Tenth day of June 1688. In the Fourth Year of Our Reign. God save the King.   

LONDON, Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1688.