DIE Jovis, 25 Octobris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. Norwic. |
Joh'es Sommers Miles,
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Craven.
Comes Berkeley. |
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Lucas. |
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; and
the Earl of Oxford on his Right Hand, and the Earl
of Stamford 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 & Maria, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scociæ,
Franciæ, & Hib'niæ Rex & Regina, Fidei Defensores,
&c. Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i
Sommers Militi Domino Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri
Angl., Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ Duci Leeds Præsidenti Concilii Nostri,
Thomæ Comiti Pembr. et Montgomery Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Henrico Duci Norfolc. Comiti
Marescallo Angl., Will'o Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Bolton, Carolo Duci Salop.
Uni Primar. Secretariorum Nostrorum, Will'o Duci
Bedford, Joh'i Marchioni de Normanky, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl., Carolo Comiti
Dors. et Midd'x Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Alberico
Comiti Oxon. Joh'i Comiti Bridgewater, Thomæ
Comiti Stamford, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Danieli Comiti Nottingham, Laurencio Comiti Roffen. Will'o
Comiti Portland, Thomæ Comiti Fauconberge, Carolo
Comiti Monmouth, Rad'o Comiti Montagu, Ric'o
Comiti Scarbrough, Fran'co Comiti Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Henrico Comiti Romney Gardiano Quinque Portuum Nostrorum, ac Prædilectis
& Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Lexington, Carolo Domino Cornwallis, Sidney Domino
Godolphin, & Henrico Domino Capell, Salutem:
Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri
Angliæ & 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
Quintum Diem instantis Octobris 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 ulterius 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
Protestatem & Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Jovis,
præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro,
ad & in Sextum Diem Novembris jam proxime futur. usque prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm.
prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & ideo vobis mandamus,
quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ca 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 Parliamentum
Nostrum prædictum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, sirmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis
faciendis, agendis, & exequendis, pareant, obediant,
& intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium,
has Literas Nostras sieri fecimus Patentes.
"Testibus Nobis ipsis, apud Westm. Vicesimo
Quinto Die Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri
Sexto.
"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 Tuesday the Sixth Day
of November next: And accordingly this Parliament
is prorogued to Tuesday the Sixth Day of November
next."