DIE Lunæ, 7 die Julii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Exeter.
Epus. Worcester. |
L. President.
Dux Norfolke.
Dux Somersett.
Dux South'ton.
Dux Bolton.
Marq. Hallifax.
L. Steward.
L. Chamberlain.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Lincolne.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Bollingbrooke.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Macclesfeild.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Fauconberge.
Comes Marlborough. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Morley.
Ds. North.
Ds. Sidney.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Colpeper.
Ds. Clifford.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Crew. |
PRAYERS.
Bishop of Exeter takes the Oaths.
This Day, Jonathan Lord Bishop of Exeter took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, pursuant to the Statutes made in that Behalf.
The Lord President acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty hath granted a Commission, under the
Great Seal of England, for the proroguing of this
Parliament."
Hereupon (the Lords Commissioners being in their
Robes) the Lord President being set on a Form across
the House, between the Throne and the Woolsack, (Sir
Rob't Atkins Lord Chief Baron, the Speaker, went to
the usual Place by the State, as the Speakers do when
the King is present); the Duke of Norfolke, Lord
Chamberlain, Earl of Macclesfeild, and Earl of Fauconberge on his Right Hand, and the Duke of Bolton,
Lord Steward, Earl of Bath, and 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 that they would be present, to hear
the said Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth:
Queen's Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Maria R.
"Gulielmus et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Sco'æ,
Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores,
&c. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris
Thomæ Marchioni Carmarthen Præsidenti Concilii
Nostri, Henrico Duci Norffolke Comiti Marescallo Angliæ, Carolo Duci Bolton, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno
Camerario Angliæ, Willi'mo Comiti Devon Senescallo
Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dorset et Midds. Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Salop, Willi'mo
Comiti Bedford, Thomæ Comiti Pembr. et Mountgomery, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Macclesfeild,
Danieii Comiti Nottingham Principal. Secretar. Nostrorum, Thomæ Comiti Fauconberg, Carolo Comiti
Monmouth, Rad'o Comiti Mountague, Joh'i Comiti
Marleborough, et Franc'o Vicecomiti Newport Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum
et Defensionem Regni Nostri Angliæ et Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo Die
Martii ult. præterit. inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus;
a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et
in Vicesimum Tertium Diem Maii tunc prox. sequen.
continuatum fuerat; eodemque Die, idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque 2d et in Septimum Diem
instantis Julii adjournat. 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 Quinque vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem, hoc instante
Die Lunæ, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine
Nostro, ad et in Vicesimum Octavum Diem hujus instantis Julii, 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. Septimo Die
Julii, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo.
"Barker.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat."
Then the Lord President said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do prorogue this Parliament to
the Twenty-eighth Day of this Instant July: And this
Parliament is prorogued to the Twenty-eighth Day
of this Instant July."