Anno 4 Guilielmi & Mariæ. DIE Lunæ, 22 die Augusti.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. Norwich.
Epus. Lincolne. |
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
March. Halifax.
Ds. Camerarius.
Comes Kent.
Comes Huntington.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Macclesfeild.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Nottingham. |
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Cornwallis. |
Speaker chose.
The House unanimously chose the Lord Marquis of
Halifax Speaker pro Tempore; the Lord Chief
Baron Atkins not attending.
PRAYERS.
The Lord Privy Seal acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the further
proroguing of this Parliament."
Then the Lords Commissioners, in their Robes, being
seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the
Woolsack; the Lord Privy Seal in the Middle; and the
Earl of Macclesfeild on his Right Hand; and the Lord
Chamberlain and the Earl of Nottingham on his Left
Hand; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod to go to the House of Commons, and let them
know, "That the Commissioners desire them to come,
"and be present, to hear the said Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth; (videlicet,)
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Mariar .
"Gulielmus & Maria, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scotiæ,
Franciæ, & Hib'niæ Rex & Regina, Fidei Defensores,
&c. Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris
Thomæ Marchioni Carmarthen Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Thomæ Comiti Pembroke et Montgomery Custodi
Privati Sigilli Nostri, Henrico Duci Norfolc. Comiti
Marescallo Angl. Carolo Duci Bolton, Rob'to Comiti
Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Will'o Comiti Devon.
Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dorsett &
Midd's Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Alberico Comiti
Oxon. Will'o Comiti Bedford, Joh'i Comiti Bridgewater, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Macclesfeild,
Danieli Comiti Nottingham Uni Principalium Secretariorum Nostrorum, Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Thomæ
Comiti Fauconberge, Carolo Comiti Monmouth, Rad'o
Comiti Montagu, Henrico Comiti Warrington, Fran'co
Vicecomiti Newport Thesaurario Hospitii, Nostri, ac
Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Lexington, Carolo Domino Cornwallis, & Sidney
Domino Godolphin, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum &
Defensionem Regni Nostri Angl. & Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum
Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo
Die Martii, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo, inchoari
& teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad & in Vicesimum Tertium
Diem Maii tunc proxime sequen. continuatum fuerat; & abinde, per separales Prorogationes & Adjournationes, ad & in Vicesimum Secundum Diem instantis Augusti prorogatum & adjournatum fuerat,
apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam ibidem
tunc tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod,
certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia,
& Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes,
de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Lunæ, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum,
Nomine Nostro, ad & in Vicesimum Sextum Diem
Septembris jam proxime futur. usque prædictam
Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa
diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus,
Civibus, & Burgensibus, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris,
Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis
in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, & exequendis, pareant,
obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei
Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Testibus (fn. *) Nobis ipsis, apud Westm. Vicesimo
Secundo Die Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri
Quarto.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Chute."
Which being ended, the Lord Privy Seal said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do, in Their Majesties Name,
prorogue this Parliament unto Monday the Six and
Twentieth Day of September next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Monday the Six
and Twentieth Day of September next."