Anno 4 Georgii Regis.
Die Lunæ, 12 Augusti.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. London. |
Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Dux Grafton.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Oxford.
Viscount Stanhope. |
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Trevor.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Harborough.
Ds. Cadogan. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had caused a Commission to be issued
under the Great Seal, for the further proroguing this
Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then Four of the Lords Commissioners (in their
Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Chancellor in
the Middle; and the Earl of Sunderland on his Right
Hand; and the Earl of Berkeley and Viscount Stanhope on his Left; commanded the Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The
Commissioners desire their Attendance in this House,
to hear His Majesty's Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Georgius R.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Mag. Britann. Franc. &
Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo
Filio & Perquam Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio
Principi Walliæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri &
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o Domino Cowper Cancellario Nostro Mag. Britann. Charissimis
Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Evelyn Duci
Kingston Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Hen'co Duci
Kent Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Thom. Holles Duci
Newcastle Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci
Bolton, Joh'i Duci Marlborough Capitaneo Generali
Copiarum Nostrarum, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh Un. Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Carolo Comiti
Sunderland Primario Secretario Nostro, Jacobo Comiti
Berkeley, Jacobo Vicecomiti Stanhope, & Prædilecto
& Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thom. Domino Parker
Capitali Justic. Nostro ad Placita coram Nobis tenend. assignat. Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum &
Defensionem Regni Nostri Mag. Britann. & Eccles.
concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum,
apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Septimo
Die Martii, Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari &
teneri ordinaverimus; quo Die idem Parliamentum
Nostrum inchoatum & tentum fuerat; & abinde, per
separalia Adjournamenta, usque ad & in Vicesimum
Sextum Diem Junii, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo,
adjournatum & continuatum fuerat; & abinde, per
separal. Prorogationes, Adjournamenta, & Continuationes, ad et in Diem Lunæ, Duodecimum Diem
hujus instantis Augusti, prorogat. adjournat. & continuat. fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. præd.
ibidem tunc tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De
Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, & Circumspectionibus
vestris plurimum confidentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, & aliquibus Tribus
vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam
Potestatem & Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Lunæ,
ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro,
usque ad et in Diem Mercurii, Undecimum Diem
Septembris nunc prox. sequen. apud præd. Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. ulterius prorogandum
& continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum; & ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa
Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus,
Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, & Commissionariis
pro Comitatibus & Burgis, ac omnibus aliis quorum
interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod
vobis, in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, & exequendis,
pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In
cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri
secimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Duodecimo Die Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri Quarto.
Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
to us and others directed, we do, in His Majesty's
Name, and by His Royal Authority, prorogue this
Parliament to Wednesday the Eleventh Day of September next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Wednesday the
Eleventh Day of September next."