Anno 9 Gulielmi Tertii. DIE Jovis, 17 Junii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Londin.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Gloucestr. |
Comes Oxford.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Warrington. |
Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Berkeley Ber.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Hunsdon.
2 Ds. Rockingham.
1 Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Jeffreys.
Ds. Cholmondeley. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas sat
Speaker.
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That there
was a Commission for the further proroguing of the
Parliament."
Then the Commissioners (in their Robes) took their
Places on a Form placed between the Throne and
the Woolsack; the Earl of Oxford in the Middle; the
Earl of Bridgewater on his Right Hand; and the Earl
of Montagu and Lord Berkeley of Berkeley on his Left
Hand; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod to go to the House of Commons, and let them
know, "The Lords Commissioners desire them to come
and hear the said Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, as followeth; (videlicet,)
Signed,
"Tho. Cantuar.
Sunderland.
Romney.
Oxford."
Commission for the Prorogation.
"GULIELMUS Tertius, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scotiæ,
Franciæ, et Hih'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Fratri Nostro Principi Georgio de Denmarke,
Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ
Duci Leeds Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Hen'co Duci
Norfolc. Comiti Marescallo Angl., Jacobo Duci Ormonde, Carolo Duci Bolton, Mainhardt Duci Schonberg, Will'o Duci Bedford, Rob'to Comiti Lindsey
Magno Camerario Angl., Alberico Comiti Oxon. Joh'i
Comiti Bridgewater, Thomæ Comiti Stamford, Joh'i
Comiti Bathon. Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Will'o Comiti
Portland, Thomæ Comiti Fauconberg, Rad'o Comiti
Montagu, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Fran'co Comiti
Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Ford Comiti
Tankerville, Joh'i Vicecomiti Lonsdale, ac Prædilectis
et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Carolo Domino Berkeley de Berkeley, Thomæ Domino Wharton Contrarotulatori Hospitii Nostri, Rob'to Domino Lexington, Carolo Domino Cornwallis, et Sidney Domino Godolphin,
Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni
Nostri Angl. et Ecclesæ Anglicanæ concernentibus,
præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem
Nostram Westm. Vicesimo Secundo Die Novembris,
Anno Regni Nostri Septimo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum
usque ad et in Vicesimum Sextum Diem Aprilis tunc
prox. sequen. continuatum fuerat; et abinde, per
separales Prorogationes et Adjournationes, ad et in instantem Decimum Septimum Diem Junii ulterius prorogatum et adjournatum fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, ibidem tune 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 considentes, 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
Jovis, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro,
ad et in Vicesimum Secundum Diem Julii jam prox.
sequen. apud. 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 exercendis, pareant, obediant, et intendant,
prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas
Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Testibus, Thoma Archiepiscopo Cantuar. et cæteris Custodibus ac Justiciariis Regni, apud
Westm. Decimo Septimo Die Junii, Anno Regni
Nostri Nono.
Per immediat. Warrant.
"Chute."
Which being ended; the Earl of Oxford said,
Parliament prorogued.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
"By Virtue of His Majesty's Commission now
read, and to us directed, we do, in His Majesty's
Name, prorogue this Parliament to Thursday the Two
and Twentieth Day of July next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Thursday the Two
and Twentieth Day of July next."