Anno 11° Annæ Reginæ.
DIE Jovis, 31 Julii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Winton. |
Ds. Harcourt, Custos Magni Sigilli.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer, Thesaurarius.
Dux Buckingham & Nor. Præses.
Dux Kent.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Mar.
Comes Home.
Comes Loudoun.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Kilsyth. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Burton. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the further
proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then the Commissioners, being seated on a Form
placed between the Throne and the Woolsack; the
Lord Keeper in the Middle; with the Lord Treasurer on his Right Hand; and the Lord President on
his Left; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The Commissioners desire their Attendance presently, in the House of
Peers, to hear the Commission read."
And the Commons being come; the Commission was
read, by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet,)
"ANNA R.
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Anna, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et
Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo
in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ
Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Simoni Domino Harcourt Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri
Magnæ Britanniæ, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Comiti de Oxon. et Comiti
Mortimer Magno Thesaurario Nostro Mag. Britanniæ, Joh'i Duci de Comitatu Buckingham & de
Normanby Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Carolo Duci
Shrewsbury Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti
Poulet Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Gulielmo Domino
Dartmouth Primario Secretario Nostro, et Henrico
Vicecomiti Bullingbrooke Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum
et Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ et
Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum
Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo
Quinto Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Nono,
inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum inchoatum et tentum suit; et
abinde, per separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, usque ad et in instantem Diem Jovis, Tricesimum
Primum Diem Julii, 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 Consensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus
vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Jovis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum,
Nomine Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Quintum Diem Septembris nunc prox. sequen.
apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. prorogandum et continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum
et prosequendum; et ideo vobis mandamus, quod
circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac in Forma
prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis et singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus et Burgis, ac omnibus aliis
quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis,
quod vobis in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, et exequendis, pareant, obediant, et intendant, prout decet.
"In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipsa, apud Westmonasterium, Tricesimo
Primo Die Julii, Anno Regni Nostri Undecimo.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Keeper said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of
Commons,
"In Obedience to Her Majesty's Command, we do,
in Her Majesty's Name, further prorogue this present
Parliament to Thursday the Five and Twentieth Day
of September next."