Die Jovis, 7 Augustii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Londin.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Norwic. |
Dux Ormonde.
Comes Lindsey, Ds. Magnus Camerarius.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Dorsett. |
Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Dartmouth. |
E. of Oxford, Commission to be Speaker.
A Commission was read, appointing Aubrey Earl of
Oxford Speaker, as followeth; (videlicet,)
"Signed,
Tho. Cantuar.
Pembroke, P.
Somerset.
Godolphin.
"William the Third, by the Grace of God, King
of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender
of the Faith, &c. To Our Right Trusty and Right
Well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor Aubrey Earl of
Oxford, Greeting. Know ye, that We, trusting in
your approved Fidelity, Wisdom, and Discretion,
have constituted, named, and appointed, and by these
Presents do constitute, name, and authorize you, from
Time to Time, to use and supply the Room and Place
of Lord Keeper, in the Upper House of Parliament,
amongst the Lords Spiritual and Temporal there assembled, during the Absence of Our Right Trusty and
Well-beloved Counsellor Sir Nathan Wrighte Knight,
Lord Keeper of Our Great Seal of England, from his
accustomed Place in Our said Upper House of Parliament; and then and there to do and execute all such
Things which Our Lord Keeper of Our Great Seal
of England, using and supplying the said Room and
Place, should or might do in that Behalf. Wherefore We will and command you the said Aubrey Earl
of Oxford to attend and execute the Premises with
Effect; and these Our Letters Patents shall be your
sufficient Warrant and Discharge for the same in every
Behalf. In Witness whereof, We have caused these
Our Letters to be made Patents.
"Witness, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, and
the rest of the Guardians and Justices of the
Realm, at Westminster, the Seventh Day of
August, in the Thirteenth Year of Our Reign.
"Per ipsos Justic. propriis Manibus signat.
"Wrighte."
PRAYERS.
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That there was
a Commission for further proroguing of the 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
Duke of Ormonde on his Right Hand; the Lord Great
Chamberlain and the Earl of Dorsett and Mid'x on his
Left Hand; commanded the Deputy 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.
Pembroke, P.
Devonshire.
Somerset.
Jersey.
Godolphin.
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
Gulielmus Tertius, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scotiæ,
Franc. et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Jacobo
Duci Ormonde, Mainherdt Duci Schonberg, Carolo
Duci Bolton, Thomæ Duci Leeds, Carolo Duci Salop,
Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl., Alberico Comiti Oxon. Carolo Comiti Dorset et Middl'x, Carolo Comiti Manchester, Thomæ Comiti Stamford, Rob'to
Comiti Sunderland, Johanni Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Laurentio Comiti
Roffen. Will'o Comiti Portland, Rad'o Comiti Montagu,
Joh'i Comiti Marlborough, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough,
Fran'co Comiti Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri,
Henrico Comiti Romney Guardiano Quinque Portuum
Nostrorum, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Reverendo in Christo
Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Henrico Episcopo
London. Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris
Rob'to Domino Ferrars, Thomæ Domino Wharton Contrarotulatori Hospitii Nostri, Rob'to Domino Lexington,
Johanni Domino Sommers, et Carolo Domino Halifax,
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. Sexto Die Februarii ult. Præterit. inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in Decimum Diem
ejusdem Februarii prorogatum fuerat; et abinde, per
separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in
instantem Diem Jovis, Septimum Diem Augusti, 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 ulterius 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 Diem Jovis, Decimum Octavum Diem Septembris jam prox. sequen. 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 Archiepifcopis, 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, et 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. Septimo Die Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri Decimo Tertio.
"Per ipsos Justiciar. propriis Manibus signat.
"Wrighte."
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 Eighteenth
Day of September next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Thursday the Eighteenth Day
of September next."