DIE Lunæ, 28 die Julii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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Epus. London.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Rochester. |
L. President.
Dux Somersett.
Dux Bolton.
Marq. Hallifax.
L. Chamberlain.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Thannet.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Monmouth. |
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Ds. Chandois.
Ds. Sidney.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Colpeper.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Crew.
Ds. Ossulston.
Ds. Dartmouth. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord President acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty had granted a Commission under the
Great Seal of England, for the further proroguing of
this Parliament."
(fn. *) The Speaker took the Place as before.
Hereupon (the Lords Commissioners being in their
Robes) the Lord President being set on a Form cross the
House, between the Throne and the Woolsack, the
Duke of Bolton and Earl of Bath on his Right Hand,
and the Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Nottingham, and
Earl of Monmouth, 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:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Maria R.
"Gulielmus et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Sco'æ,
Franciæ, et Hibi'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores, &c.
Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ
Marchioni Carmarthen Præsidenti Concilii Nostri,
Henrico Duci Norffolc. Comiti Marescallo Angliæ,Carolo Duci Bolton, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angliæ, Will'o Comiti Devon Senescallo Hospitii
Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dorset et Midds. Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Salop, Will'o Comiti Bedford, Thomæ Comiti Pembr. et Montgomery, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Maclesfeld, Danieli Comiti
Nottingham Principal. Secretar. Nostri, Thomæ Comiti
Fauconberg, Carolo Comiti Monmouth, Rad'o Comiti
Mountagu, 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 ad et in Septimum Diem instantis Julii
adjournatum fuerat, et abinde ad et in Vicesimum
Octavum Diem ejusdem Julii 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
prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, et Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Quinque vel pluribus vestrum,
Tenore Præsentium, plenam Auctoritatem et Potestatem, hoc instante Die Lunæ, præsens Parliamentum
Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad et in Decimum Octavum
Diem Augusti prox. futur. usque prædictam Civitatem
Nostram Westm. prorogandum et continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum et prosequendum; et ideo
vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmiffa 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 Præmiffis 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 Octavo
Die Julii, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Barker."
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
Monday the Eighteenth Day of August next: And this
Parliament is prorogued to Monday the 18th Day of
August next."