DIE Veneris, 12 die Septembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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L. Bp. London. |
Marq. Halifax.
L. Steward.
E. Shrewsbury.
E. Suffolke.
E. Bridgewater.
E. Craven.
E. Bath.
E. Berkley.
E. Feversham.
6 E. Thannet.
E. Nottingham.
E. Fauconberge.
Vicecomes Newport. |
L. Eure.
L. North.
L. Sydney.
L. Vaughan.
L. Lucas.
L. Cornwallis.
L. Godolphin.
L. Ashburnham. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Nottingham acquainted the House, "That
Their Majesties have granted a Commission, under the
Great Seal of Engl'd, for the Proroguing of this
Parliament."
The Speaker took the Place as before.
Hereupon the Lords Commissioners being in their
Robes, the Lord Steward being set on a Form cross the
House, between the Throne and the Woolsack, the Earl
of Bath and the Earl of Fauconberge on his Right
Hand, and the Earl of Nottingham and the Lord Viscount Newport 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 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.
"Gulielmus R.
"Gulielmus et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angl. Sco'æ,
Franciæ, et Hibi'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores,
&c. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris
Thomæ Marchioni Carmarthen Prædenti Concilii
Nostri, Henrico Duci Norffolke Comiti Marescallo
Angliæ, Carolo Duci Bolton, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey
Magno Camerario Angliæ, Will'o Comiti Devon Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dors. et Midds.
Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Salop, Will'o
Comiti Bedford, Thomæ Comiti Pembrooke et Mountgomery, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Carolo Comiti Maclesfield, Danieli Comiti Nottingham Principali Secretario
Nostro, Thomæ Comiti Fauconberge, Carolo Comiti
Monmouth, Rad'o Comiti Mountague, Joh'i Comiti
Marleborough, et Franc'o Vicecomiti Newport Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Salutem: Cum nuper, pro
quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni Nostri Angliæ et Ecclesiæ
Anglicanæ concernen. præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo Die
Martii ult. præterit. inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus;
a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et
in Vicesimum Tertium Diem Maii tunc prox. sequen.
continuatum fuerat; eodemque Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in Septimum Diem Julii
tunc prox. sequen. adjournatum fuerat; et abinde per
separales Prorogationes ad et in Octavum Diem instantis Septembris ulterius prorogatum fuerat; et ab
eodem Octavo Die Septembris prædict. per separal.
Adjournament. ad et in Duodecimum Diem ejusdem
Septembris adjournatum fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædict. ibidem tunc tenendum et prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgutibus Causis
et Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem
Parliamentum Nostrum prorogandum duximus. De
Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, et Cireumspectionibus
vestris plurimum confidentes, de Avisamento et Assensu
Concilii Nostri, affignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Quinque vel pluribus
vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et
Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Veneris, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, ad et in Secundum Diem Octobris jam prox. 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 & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri secimus Patentes.
"Testibus Nobis ipsis, apud Westm. Duodecimo Die
Septembris, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Barker."
Then the Lord Steward said,
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
Parliament prorogued.
"By Virtue of Their Majesties Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do, in His Majesty's Name, prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the Second Day of
October next: And this Parliament is prorogued to
Thursday the Second Day of October next."
Hitherto examined by us, this 23th Day of October, 1690,
J. Bridgewater.
North & Grey.
Culpeper.