DIE Jovis, 26 Octobris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. London.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Worcester.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Norwich.
Epus. Peterburgh.
Epus. Lincolne. |
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Ds. Præses.
March. Halifax.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Kent.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Craven.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Torrington.
Viscount Longueville. |
Ds. Willoughby Er.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Granville.
Ds. Cornwallis. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the further
proroguing of the 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
President and Earl of Maclesfeld on his Right Hand;
and the Earl of Bathe, the Earl of Nottingham, and
the Earl of Montagu, 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 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.
"Maria R.
"Gulielmus et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Scociæ, Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores, &c. 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 Bridgewater, Joh'i Comiti
Bathon. Carolo Comiti Maclesfeld, Danieli Comiti
Nottingham Uni Principalium Secretariorum Nostrorum, Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Thomæ Comiti Fauconbergc, Carolo Comiti Monmouth, Rad'o Comiti Montagu, Hen'co 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 et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri
Angl. et Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus, præsens
hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitarem Nostram
Westm. Vicesimo 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 Vicesimum Sextum
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 ulterius 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, eodem Vicesimo Sexto Die instantis Octobris,
præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad
et in Septimum Diem Novembris jam prox. futur.
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 essectualiter 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. Vicesimo Quarto
Die Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri Quinto.
"Chute.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat."
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,
prorogne this Parliament to Tuesday the Seventh Day
of November next: And this Parliament is prorogued
accordingly to Tuesday the Seventh Day of November
next."
April 5th, 1694, Hitherto examined by us,
J. Bridgewater.
Craven.
Ric. Petriburg.