Monday, the 4th of July, 1653.
Letters nominating Members.
SEVERAL Letters having issued, under the Hand
and Seal of the Lord-General, directed unto divers
Persons, in this Form;
FORASMUCH as, upon the Dissolution of the
late Parliament, it became necessary, that the Peace,
Safety, and good Government, of this Commonwealth
should be provided for; in order whereunto divers Persons, fearing God, and of approved Fidelity and Honesty,
are by Myself, with the Advice of my Council of Officers,
nominated; to whom the great Charge and Trust of so
weighty Affairs is to be committed; and having good
Assurance of the Love to, and Courage for, God, and
Interest of his Cause, and of the good People of this
Commonwealth:
I Oliver Cromwell, Captain-General and Commander
in Chief of all the Armies and Forces raised, and to be
raised, within this Commonwealth, do hereby summon
and require you being one of the said
Persons nominated, personally to be and appear at the
Council-Chamber, commonly known or called by the
Name of the Council-Chamber in Whitehall, within the
City of Westminster, upon the Fourth Day of July next
ensuing the Date hereof, then and there to take upon you
the said Trust, unto which you are hereby called and
appointed, to serve as a Member for the County of
: And hereof you are not to fail.
Given under my Hand and Seal the Sixth Day of
June 1653.
O. Cromwell.
Parliament meets.
This Day there was a great Appearance of those
Persons to whom the Letters were directed in the
Council-Chamber at Whitehall: Where the Lord-General Cromwell declared unto them the Grounds and End
of calling them; and delivered unto them an Instrument,
in Writing, under his Hand and Seal; and afterwards
left them.