DIE Jovis, 6 Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. Elien.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Petrib. |
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Comes Pembroke, Præses.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Radnor. |
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Keeper 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 Lord Keeper in the Middle; the
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and the Earl of Oxford
on his Right Hand; and the Lord President and Earl
of Stamford 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,)
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
Gulielimus R.
"Gulielimus Tertius, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scotiæ,
Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Fratri Nostro Principi Georgio de Denmarke,
Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario
Nostro Thomæ Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl.
Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Nathan Wrighte Militi Custodi Magni
Sigilli Nostri Angl. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ Comiti Pembroke et Montgomery
Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Will'o Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somersett, Jacobo
Duci Ormonde, Meinhardt Duci Schonberg, Carolo Duci
Bolton, Thomæ Duci Leeds, Carolo Duci Salop. Rob'to
Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl., Carolo Comiti
Carliol. Comiti Marescallo Angl. Ed'r'o Comiti Jerzey
Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Alberico Comiti Oxon. Carolo Comiti Dors. & Middl'x, Carolo Comiti Manchester, Thomæ Comiti Stamford, Rob'to Comiti Sunderland, Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Laurentio Comiti Roffen.
Will'o Comiti Portland, Rad'o Comiti Montagu, Johanni
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. ac Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris
Rob'to Domino Ferrers, Thomæ Domino Wharton Contrarotulatori Hospitii Nostri, Rob'to Domino Lexington,
Sidney Domino Godolphin, 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, Sextum Diem
Novembris, 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 Tertium Diem hujus
instantis Novembris, apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram
Westm. prorogandum et continuandum, ibidem 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 fieri fecimus Patentes.
Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Sexto Die Novembris,
Anno Regni Nostri Decimo Tertio.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Keeper 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 Thirteenth Day
of this Instant November: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Thursday the Thirteenth Day of
this Instant November."
Lunæ, 18° Maii, 1702, examined by us,
Warrington.
Ric. Peterb.
Jo. Bangor.
Dissolved.
This Parliament was dissolved, by proclamation, dat. 11° Novembris, 1701, Anno 13° Gul. Tertii Regis.