DIE Martis, 18 Septembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Ds. Camerarius.
Comes Craven.
Comes Berkeley. |
Ds. Berkeley B.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Godolphin. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the further
proroguing of this Parliament."
Then 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 on his Right Hand, and the Lord
Cornwallis on his Left Hand; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to go to the House of
Commons; and let them know, "That the Commissioners desire they would be present, to hear the
said Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth; (videlicet,)
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Maria R.
"Gulielmus et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scociæ,
Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores,
&c. Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i Sommers Militi Domino Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri Angl.,
Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ
Duci Leeds Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Thomæ Comiti
Pembr. et Montgomery Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri,
Henrico Duci Norfolc. Comiti Marescallo Angl., Will'o
Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci
Bolton, Carolo Duci Salop. Uni Primarior. Secretar.
Nostrorum, Will'o Duci Bedford, Joh'i Marchioni de
Normanby, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario
Angl., Carolo Comiti Dors. et Midd'x Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Alberico Comiti Oxon. Joh'i Comiti
Bridgewater, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Danieli Comiti
Nottingham, Laurencio Comiti Roffen. Thomæ Comiti
Fauconberge, Carolo Comiti Monmouth, Rad'o Comiti
Montagu, Franc'o Comiti Bradford Thesaurario
Hospitii Nostri, Henrico Comiti Romney Gardiano
Quinque Portuum Nostrorum, ac Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Lexington,
Carolo Domino Cornwaliis, 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 Westmonaster. 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
proxim. sequen. continuatum fuerat; et abinde, per
separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in
Decimum Octavum Diem instantis Septembris prorogat. et adjournat. fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram
Westmonaster. præd. 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, 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 Martis,
præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad
et in Vicesimum Quintum Diem Octobris jam proxim.
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. Decimo Octavo
Die Septembris, Anno Regni Nostri Sexto.
"Per ipsam 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 Thursday the Five and
Twentieth Day of October next: And accordingly this
Parliament is prorogued to Thursday the Five and
Twentieth Day of October next."