DIE Martis, Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Norwich.
Epus. Chichester.
Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Lincolne. |
Joh'es Sommers Miles, Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli Angl.
March. Halifax.
Ds. Camerarius.
Comes Kent.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Clare.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Craven.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester. |
Ds. Willou ghby Er.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Sidney.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Capell. |
PRAYERS.
This Day Sir John Sommers Knight, Lord Keeper
of the Great Seal of England, sat first as
Speaker in the House of Peers.
L. Keeper Sommers, Speaker.
The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That Her
Majesty had sent a Commission for the further proroguing of this Parliament."
Hereupon the Lords Commissioners, in their Robes,
being seated on a Form placed between the Throne and
the Woolsack; the Lord Keeper in the Middle; and the
Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Bridgewater, and Earl of
Macclesfeild, on his Right Hand; the Earl of Nottingham
and the Earl of Bath on his Left Hand; commanded
the Gentleman Usher the Black Rod to give the
House of Commons Notice of the said Commission; and
to signify to them, "That the Lords desire they would
be present, to hear the said Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth;
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Mariar
"Gulielmus et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scot.
Franc. et Hib'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores,
&c. Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i
Sommers Mil. Domino Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri
Angliæ, Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ Marchioni Carmarthen. Præsidenti Concilii
Nostri, Thomæ Comiti Pembr. et Mountgomery Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Henrico Duci Norfolc. Comiti Marescallo Angliæ, Carolo Duci Bolton, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Will'o Comiti
Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dors.
et Midd'x Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Alberico Comiti
Oxon. Will'o Comiti Bedford, Joh'i Comiti Bridgwater,
Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Maclesfeild, Danieli
Comiti Nottingham Uni Principalium Secretariorum
Nostrorum, Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Thomæ Comiti
Fauconberge, Carolo Comiti Monmouth, Rad'o Comiti
Montagu, Henrico Comiti Warrington, Franc'o Vicecomiti Newport Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Henrico
Vicecomiti Sidney, ac Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Lexington, Carolo Domino Cornwallis, et Sidney Domino Godolphin, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni
Nostri Angliæ et Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus,
præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem
Nostram Westm. Vicesimo Die Martii, Anno Regni
Nostri Secundo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus;
a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et
in Vicesimum Tertium Diem Maii tunc proxime sequen. continuatum fuerat; et abinde, per separales
Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in Secundum
Diem instantis Maii 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
prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, 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 Martis, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum,
Nomine Nostro, ad et in Decimum Nonum Diem
Septembris jam proxime futur. usque 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 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 exequendis, pareant, obediant, et intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Testibus Nobis ipsis, apud Westm. Secundo Die
Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Quinto.
"Peripsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Chute."
Which being ended; the Lord Keeper said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"By Virtue of Their Majesties Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do, in Their Majesties Name,
prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Nineteenth
Day of September next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Tuesday the Nineteenth Day of
September next."