DIE Mercurii, 10die Februarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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L. Arch. Cant.
Epus. Exeter.
Epus. Ely. |
L. Chancellor.
L. Treasurer.
Robert Spencer, E. of Sund'l'd, L. President of the Council.
D. Beaufort.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchest.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Craven.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Gainesborow.
Viscount Hatton. |
Ds. De Grey.
Ds. North.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Crewe.
Ds. Arundell Tr.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Churchill. |
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
the King had granted a Commission under the Great
Seal of England, for the further Prorogation of the
Parliament."
Hereupon (the Lords Commissioners being in their
Robes) the Lord Chancellor being set on a Form,
cross the House, between the Throne and the Woolsack, with the Lord Archbishop of Cant. Lord Treasurer, Earl of Huntingdon, Earl of Craven, and Lord
Godolphin, on his Right Hand; and the Lord President,
Duke of Beaufort, and Lord Dartmouth, on his Left
Hand, commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod to give the House of Commons Notice of the
said Commission; and to signify to them, "That the
Lords desire that they would be present, to hear the
said Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read (all the Lords standing up, and being uncovered, while the Commission was reading):
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
Jacobus R.
"Jacobus Secundus, Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Scotiæ,
Franciæ et Hiberniæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario
Nostro Will'o Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli
Consiliario Nostro Georgio Domino Jeffreys Domino
Cancellario Nostro Angliæ, Charissimis Consanguineis
et Consiliariis Nostris Lawrencio Comiti Rossen. Domino Thesaurario Nostro Angliæ, Roberto Comiti
Sunderland Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Henr. Comiti
Clarendon Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Jacobo Duci
Ormond Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Henrico Duci
Beaufort Præsidenti Concilii Nostri infra Principalitatem et Marchias Walliæ, Roberto Comiti Lindsey
Magno Camerario Angliæ, Johanni Comiti Mulgrave
Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Theop'ilo Comiti Huntingdon, Johanni Comiti Bridgewater, Henrico Comiti
Peterborough, Guli'o Comiti Craven, Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Georgio Domino Dartmouth
Magistro Equorum Nostrorum, 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. Decimo Nono Die Maii,
Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum
usque ad et in Vicesimum Diem Novembris ult. præterit. continuat. fuer. eodemque Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in Decimum Diem instantis Februarii prorogat. fuerat, apud Civitat.
Nostram Westm. prædict. ibidem tunc tenend. et
prosequend. Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus
Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia,
et Circumspectione 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 Mercurii, ad præsens Parliamentum
Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad et in Decimum Diem
Maii jam proxime futuri, usque prædict. Civitat.
Nostram Westm. prorogand. et continuand. ibidemque tunc tenend. et prosequend.; et ideo vobis
mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis,
ac ea in Forma prædict. 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 conventur. Tenore Præsentium, firmiter
in Mandat. quod vobis in Premissis faciend. agend.
et exequend. pareant, obedient, et intendant, prout
decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras
fieri secimus Patentes.
"Teste Melpso, apud Westm. Decimo Die Februarii, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Barker."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do prorogue this Parliament
to the Tenth Day of May next: And this Parliament
is prorogued to the Tenth Day of May next."