DIE Jovis, Julii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Cov. & Lich. |
Dux St. Albans.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Montagu. |
Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Jeffreys. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas sat
Speaker.
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That there
was a Commission for the further proroguing of this
Parliament."
Then the Lords Commissioners, in their Robes, took
their Places on a Form, placed between the Throne and
the Woolsack; the Earl of Oxford in the Middle; the
Earl of Stamford on his Right Hand; and the Earl of Montagu and Lord Lexington on his Left Hand; commanded
the Yeoman Usher to go to the House of Commons,
and let them know, "That the Commissioners desire them
to come, and hear the said Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth; (videlicet,)
"Tho. Cantuar.
Pembroke, P.
Devonshire.
J. Bridgewater.
Marlborough.
Jersey."
Commission for the Prorogation.
"Gulielmus Tertius, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scotiæ,
Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Hen'co
Duci Norff. Comiti Marescallo Angl., Jacobo Duci
Ormonde, Carolo Duci Bolton, Mainherdt Duci Schonberg, Thomæ Duci Leeds, Carolo Duci Salop. Will'o
Duci Bedford, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario
Angl. Alberico Comiti Oxon. Carolo Comiti Dors. &
Midd'x, Carolo Comiti Manchester, Thomæ Comiti Stamford, Rob'to Comiti Sunderland, Joh'i Comiti Bathon.
Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Will'o
Comiti Portland, Thomæ Comiti Fauconberg, Rad'o
Comiti Montagu, Ric'o Comiti Scarborough, Fran'co
Comiti Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Ford
Comiti Tankerville, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Prædilectis
et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Ferrers, Thomæ Domino Wharton Contrarotulatori Hospitii Nostri, Rob'to Domino Lexington, 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 Westm. Vicesimo Quarto Die Augusti ultimo præterito, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque
ad et in Vicesimum Septimum Diem Septembris tunc
prox. sequen. prorogatum fuerat; et abinde, per separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in
instantem Decimum Tertium Diem Julii ulterius prorogatum et adjournatum 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, hoc instante Die
Jovis, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro,
usque ad et in Vicesimum Quartum Diem Augusti,
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 universes
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, obedient, & intendant, prout decet.
In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri
fecimus Patentes.
"Testibus, Thoma Archiepiscopo Cantuar. et cæteris Custodibus et Justiciariis Regni, apud Westm.
Decimo Tertio Die Julii, Anno Regni Nostri
Undecimo.
"Per immediat. Warrant.
"Chute."
Then the Earl of Oxford said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"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 Four and
Twentieth Day of August next: And this Parliament
is prorogued accordingly to Thursday the Four and
Twentieth Day of August next."