DIE Martis, 15 die Februarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Durham.
Epus. Ely. |
L. Chancellor.
L. President.
L. Steward.
Dux Graston.
Marq. Hallifax.
L. Chamberlain.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Peterborough.
Comes Bath.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylisbury.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Berkeley.
Visc. Fauconberge.
Visc. Mordaunt.
Visc. Newport.
Visc. Weymouth. |
Ds. De Grey.
Ds. North.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Astley.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Crew.
Ds. Arundell Tre.
Ds. Butler M. P.
Ds. Lumbley.
Ds. Dartmouth. |
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
the King had granted a Commission, under the Great
Seal of Engl'd, for the further Prorogation of the
Parliament."
Hereupon (the Lords Commissioners being in their
Robes) the Lord Chancellor being set on a Form cross
the House between the Throne and the Woolsack,
with the Lord President, Lord Chamberlain, Earl of
Craven, and Earl of Berkeley, on his Right Hand, the
Lord Steward, Earl of Huntingdon, Earl of Peterborough, and Earl of Bath, 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 that they
would be present, to hear the said Commission
read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission
was read:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Jacobus R.
"Jacobus Secundus, Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Scotiæ,
Franciæ, et Hiberniæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario
Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ
Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio Domino Jeffreys Domino Cancellario Angliæ, Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Comiti Sunderland Præsidenti
Concilii Nostri, Henr. Comiti Clarendon Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Jacobo Duci Ormond Senescallo
Hospitii Nostri, Chr'o Duci Albemarle, Henr. Duci
Newcastle, Henr. Duci Beaufort Præsidenti Concilii
Nostri infra Principalitatem (fn. *) in Marchias Walliæ,
Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angliæ,
Joh'i Comiti Mulgrave Camerario Hospitii Nostri,
Alberico Comiti Oxon. Theophi. Comiti Huntingdon,
Henr. Comiti Peterborough, Ph'o Comiti Chesterfeild,
Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Will'o Comiti Craven, Georg.
Comiti Berkeley, Danieli Comiti Nottingham, Lawrencio Comiti Roffen. Tho. Comiti Plimouth, Thomæ
Vicecomiti Fauconberge, Reverendo in Christo Patri
et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Nathan. Episcopo Dunelme, Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris
Georgio Domino Dartmouth Magistro Equorum Nostrorum, et Sidney Domino Godolphin, Salutem. Cum
nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis,
Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri Angliæ et
Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernen. præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm.
Decimo Nono Die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Primo,
inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum, per separales Prorogationes,
usque ad et in Vicesimum Secundum Diem Novembris ult. præterit. continuatum fuerat, eodemque Die
idem Parliamentum Nostrum, usque ad et in Decimum
Quintum Diem Februarii ulterius prorogatum 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 Circumspect. vestries 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 instant. Die Martis, præsens Parliamentum
Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad et in Vicesimum Octavum Diem Aprilis jam prox. future. usque prædict.
Civitat. Nostr. 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 universes et singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus,
et Burgensibus, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad
prædictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in
Præmissis faciendis, agendas, et exequendis, pareant,
obedient, et intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei
Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Decimo Quinto Die
Februarii, Anno Regni Nostri Tertio.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Barker."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission to us directed, we do prorogue this Parliament to the Eight
and Twentieth Day of April next: And this Parliament is prorogued to the Eight and Twentieth Day
of April next."