Anno 9 Gulielmi Tertii. DIE Jovis, 13 Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Asaph.
Epus. Cicestr. |
Dux Schonberg.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Tankerville. |
Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Willughby Er.
Ds. Berkeley Ber.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Rockingham. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas sat
Speaker, by virtue of a Commission in the last
Session; and acquainted the House, "That there
was a Commission for further proroguing of
the Parliament."
Then the Commissioners, in their Robes, took their
Places on the Form, placed between the Throne and the
Woolsack; the Earl of Bridgewater in the Middle; and
the Earl of Stamford on his Right Hand; the Earl of
Montagu, the Earl of Tankerville, and the Lord Berkeley
of Berkeley, on his Left Hand; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to go to the House of
Commons, and let them know, "The Lords Commissioners desire them to come and hear the said Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth; (videlicet,)
Signed,
"Tho. Cantuar. Sunderland. Romney. Oxford."
Commission for the Prorogation.
"GULIELMUS Tertius, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scotiæ,
Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Fratri Nostro Principi Georgio de Denmarke,
Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ
Duci Leeds Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Henrico Duci
Norfolc. Comiti Marescallo Angl., Jacobo Duci Ormond,
Carolo Duci Bolton, Mainbardt Duci Schonberg, Will'o
Duci Bedford, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario
Angl., Alberico Comiti Oxon. Johanni Comiti Bridgewater, Thomæ, Comiti Stamford, Joh'i Comiti Bathon.
Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Will'o Comiti Portland, Thomæ
Comiti Fauconberg, Rad'o Comiti Montagu, Ric'o
Comiti Scarbrough, Fran'co Comiti Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Ford Comiti Tankerville, Johanni
Vicecomiti Lonsdale, ac Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Domino Berkeley de Berkeley,
Thomæ Domino Wharton Contrarotulatori Hospitii
Nostri, 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 Civitatem Nostram Westmonasterii, Vicesimo Secundo Die Novembris, Anno Regni
Nostri Septimo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo
Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in Vicesimum Sextum Diem Aprilis tunc proxim. sequen. continuatum fuerat; et abinde, per separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in instantem Decimum
Tertium Diem Maii ulterius prorogatum et adjour
natum 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 Tribus vel pluribus vestrum,
Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem, hoe instante Die Jovis, præsens Parliamentum
Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et in Decimum
Septimum Diem Junii prox. futur. apud 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 exercendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras sieri secimus Patentes.
"Testibus, Thoma Archiepiscopo Cantuar. et cæteris Custodibus et Justiciariis Regni, apud Westm.
Decimo Tertio Die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri
Nono.
"Chute."
Which being ended; the Earl of Bridgewater said,
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
Parliament prorogued.
"By Virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do, in His Majesty's Name, prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the Seventeenth
Day of June next: And this Parliament is prorogued
accordingly to Thursday the Seventeenth Day of June
next."