DIE Martis, 3 die Octobris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. London. |
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
March. Halifax.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Thannet.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Craven.
Comes Nottingham. |
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Vaughan. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Keeper 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 Keeper in the Middle;
the Lord Privy Seal on his Right Hand; the Earl of
Bathe; and the Earl of Nottingham on his Left
Hand; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod to give the House of Commons Notice of the
said Commission; and to signify to them, "That the
Lords desire they would 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 et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scociæ,
Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores,
Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i Sommers
Militi Domino Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri Angl.
Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris
Thomæ Marchioni Carmarthen Præsidenti Concilii
Nostri, Thomæ Comiti Pembr. et Montgomery Custodi
Privati Sigilli Nostri, Hen'co Duci Norfolc. Comiti
Marescallo Angl. Carolo Duci Bolton, Rob'to Comiti
Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Will'o Comiti Devon
Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dors. et
Midd'x Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Alberico Comiti
Oxon. Will'o Comiti Bedford, Joh'i Comiti Bridgwater, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Maclesfeild, Danieli Comiti Nottingham Uni Principalium
Secretariorum Nostrorum, Laurencio Comiti Roffen.
Thomæ Comiti Fauconberge, Carolo Comiti Monmouth,
Rad'o Comiti Montagu, Henrico Comiti Warrington,
Fran'co Vicecomiti Newport Thesaurario Hospitii
Nostri, Henrico Vicecomiti Sidney, ac Prædilectis et
Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Lexington, Carolo Domino Cornwallis, et Sidney Domino Godolphin, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam
arduis urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri Angl. et Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ
concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum
apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesuno Die Martii,
Anno Regni Nostri Secundo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum
usque ad et in Vicesimum Tertium Diem Maii tunc
prox. sequen. continuatum fuerat; et abinde, per
separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in
Tertium Diem instantis Octobris prorogatum et adjournatum fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm.
prædictam, ibidem tunc tenendum et prosequendum:
Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, et Circumspectionibus
vestris plurimum confidentes, de Avisamento et
Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Tribus
vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam
Potestatem et Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Martis, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro,
ad et in Vicesimum Sextum Diem instantis Octobris
jam prox. sequen. usque prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum et continuandum, ibidemque
tunc tenendum et prosequendum; et ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac
ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus
autem universis et singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus,
Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis,
Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, et Burgensibus, ac
omnibus aliis quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis faciendis,
agendis, et exequendis, pareant, obediant, et intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has
Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Testibus Nobis ipsis, apud Westm. Tertio
Die Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri Quinto.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Chute."
Which being ended, the Lord Keeper said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"By Virtue of Their Majesties Commission now
read, and to us directed, we do, in Their Majesties
Name, prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the Six
and Twentieth Day of this Instant October: And
this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Thursday
the Six and Twentieth Day of October Instant."