July 1734
Anno 8o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Martis, 16oJulii.
The Lord Chancellor declared in the House, "That
His Majesty had granted a Writ under the Great
Seal, for the further proroguing of the Parliament."
Which was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Parliament prorogued.
"GEORGE R.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of
the Faith, and so forth: To Our Dearly-beloved
and Faithful the Prelates, Nobles, and Lords, of
Our Kingdom of Great Britain; and to Our Beloved
and Faithful the Knights, Citizens, Burgesses, and
Commissioners for the Counties and Boroughs of
Our said Kingdom; called and chosen to Our Parliament, to be held at Our City of Westminster the Sixteenth Day of this Instant July, and to every One of
you, Greeting. Whereas We, for certain difficult
and pressing Affairs, concerning Us, the State and
Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain and the
Church, did ordain the said Parliament to be begun
and held at the City of Westminster, the Thirteenth
Day of June last past; and did command you, by
Our several Writs, to be present, at the said City
and Day, to treat, consent, and conclude, about
those Things which, in Our said Parliament, should
then and there be propounded and treated of: And
whereas We have (by Our Writ), for certain Causes
and Considerations Us thereunto especially moving,
thought fit to prorogue Our said Parliament, from
the same Thirteenth Day of June, to and until the
said Sixteenth Day of this Instant July; so that
neither you, nor any of you, on the said Thirteenth
Day of June, at Our said City, are bound or obliged
to appear; being willing that you, and every One of
you, should be by Us therefrom wholly discharged;
and, by the same Writ, We very lately commanded
you, and every of you, to appear, and be present,
on the said Sixteenth Day of this Instant July, at
Our said City, to treat, do, act, and conclude, upon
those Things which in Our said Parliament should
happen to be ordained: Nevertheless, for certain
pressing Causes and Considerations Us especially
thereunto moving, Our said Parliament, from the
said Sixteenth Day of this Instant July, to and until
Tuesday the Thirteenth Day of August next following, We have thought fit further to prorogue; so
that neither you, or any One of you, on the said
Sixteenth Day of this Instant July, at Our said City,
are bound or obliged to appear; also We will, that
you, and every of you, be by Us therefrom fully
discharged; commanding, and, by the Tenor of
these Presents, strictly requiring you, and every of
you, and all others whom this may concern, that
you, and every of you, personally appear, and be
present, on the said Thirteenth Day of August, at
the said City of Westminster, to treat, do, act, and
conclude, upon those Things which, in Our said Parliament, by the common Council of Our said Kingdom (by God's Assistance), shall happen to be ordained.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Eleventh
Day of July, in the Eighth Year of Our
Reign.
"Signed by the King Himself.
"Bisse & Bray."
"A Writ to prorogue the Parliament from the
Second Summons.