DIE Lunæ, 22 Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Ely.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Peterborough. |
L. Chancellor.
L. Treasurer.
L. President.
Dux Albemarle.
Dux Beaufort.
L. Chamberlain.
Marq. Hallifax.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Peterborough.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylisbury.
Comes Danby.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Plymouth.
Visc. Mordant. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. De Grey Ru.
Ds. Conyers.
Ds. Cromwell.
Ds. North.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Arundell Tr.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Godolphin. |
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 Canterbury, Lord President, Lord Chamberlain, and Earl of Craven, on his
Right Hand, the Lord Treasurer, Duke of Beaufort,
Earl of Huntingdon, and Earl of Peterborough, 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 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 Will'o Archiepiscopo
Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati et Metropolitano,
Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Georgio Domino Jeffryes Domino Cancellario Nostro Angliæ,
Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Lawrencio Comiti Rossen. Domino Thesaurario Nostro
Angliæ, Roberto Comiti Sund'l'd Præsidenti Concilii
Nostri, Henri. Comiti Clarendon Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Jacobo Duci Ormond Senescallo Hospitii
Nostri, Chr'o Duci Albemarle, Henrico Duci Newcastle, Henr. Duci Beaufort Præsidenti Concilii Nostri
infra Principalitatem et Marchias Walliæ, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angliæ, Joh'i Comiti
Mulgrave Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Charissimo Consanguineo Nostro Alberico Comiti Oxon. Charissimis
Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Theophilo Comiti
Huntingdon, Henrico Comiti Peterborough, Ph'o Comiti Chesterfeild, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Will'o Comiti
Craven, Georgio Comiti Berkeley, Danieli Comiti Nottingham, Tho'æ Comiti Plymouth, Tho'æ Vicecomiti
Fauconberge, Reverendo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Nathanieli Episcopo Dunelme,
Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Georgio
Domino Dartmouth Magistro Equorum Nostrorum,
et Sidney Domino (fn. *)
Godolphin, Salutem. Cum nuper,
pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos,
Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri Angliæ et Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernent. præsens hoc Parliamentum
Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo
Nono Die Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari
& teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum, per separales Prorogationes, usque ad
et in Decimum Diem Maii continuatum fuerat, eodemque Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum, usque ad et in
Vicesimum Secundum Diem instantis Novembris prorogatum 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 ulterius prorogandum duximus.
De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, et Circumspectione
vestries 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 instant. Die Lunæ, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad et
in Decimum Quintum Diem Februarii jam prox. futur. usque prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidem 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,
& exequendis, pareant, obedient, & intendant, prout
decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras
fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Vicesimo Secundo
Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Barker."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission under the
Great Seal of England, now read, and to us directed,
we do, in His Majesty's Name, prorogue this Parliament to the Fifteenth Day of February next: And
this Parliament is prorogued to the Fifteenth Day of
February next."