Martis, 30 Junii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Wigorn. |
Marq. Halifax.
E. Pembrooke.
E. Suffolke.
E. North'ton.
E. Mulgrave.
E. Rivers.
E. Stamford.
E. Scarsdale.
E. Bath.
E. Craven.
E. Maclesfeld.
E. Nottingham.
E. Rochester.
Vicecomes Newport. |
L. Eure.
L. Chandos.
L. Wharton.
L. Sidney.
L. Lovelace.
L. Culpeper.
L. Lucas.
L. Lexington.
L. Cornwallis.
L. Crew.
L. Dartmouth. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Nottingham acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty had sent a Commission for further proroguing the Parliament."
Then the Lords Commissioners took their Places on a
Form across the House, between the State and the
Woolsack; the Earl of Pembrooke in the Middle, and
the Earl of Maclesfeld and Earl of Nottingham on his
Right Hand, and the Earl of Bath and Lord Viscount Newport on his Left Hand (all in their Robes);
who commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
to go to the House of Commons, and desire their Attendance to hear the said Commission read.
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Maria Regina.
"Gulielmus et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Sco'æ,
Franciæ, et Hibi'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores, &c. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis
Nostris Thomæ Marchioni Carmarthen Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Henrico Duci Norffo'c. Comiti Marescallo
Angliæ, Carolo Duci Bolton, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey
Magno Camerario Angliæ, Will'o Comiti Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dorset et Midds.
Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Salop. Will'o
Comiti Bedford, Thomæ Comiti Pembr. et Mountgomery, Joh'i Comiti Bridgewater, Joh'i Comiti Bathon.
Carolo Comiti Maclesfeld, Danieli Comiti Nottingham
uni Principal. Secretar. Nostrorum, Thomæ Comiti
Fauconberge, Carolo Comiti Monmouth, Rad'o Comiti
Montague, Henrico Comiti Warrington, Franc'o Vicecomiti Newport Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, et Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Sidney Domino Godolphin, 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, Anno Regni
Nostri Secundo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a
quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in
Vicesimum Tertium Diem Maii tunc prox. sequen.
continuatum fuerat; et abinde, per separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in Tricesimum Diem
instantis Junii prorogatum et adjournatum fuerat, apud
Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædict. 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 Quinque vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem, hoc instante
Die Martis, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine
Nostro, ad et in Tertium Diem Augusti 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, (fn. *) 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. 30° Die Junii,
Anno Regni Nostri Tertio.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Barker."
Then the Earl of Pembrooke said,
Parliament prorogued.
"By Virtue of Their Majesties Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do, in Their Majesties Name,
prorogue this Parliament to Monday the Third Day
of August next: And this Parliament is prorogued
to Monday the Third Day of August next."