DIE Jovis, 19 Octobris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cantuar.
Epus. London.
Epus. Petrib.
Epus. Cicestr. |
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Nottingham. |
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Guilford. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That Her
Majesty had sent a Commission for the further proroguing of this Parliament."
Then the Lords Commissioners, in their Robes, being seated on a Form placed between the Throne and
the Woolsack; the Lord Keeper in the Middle; and
the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury on his Right Hand;
and the Lord Bishop of London on his Left Hand; commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
to go to the House of Commons, and let them know,
"That the Commissioners desire they would be present, to hear the said Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet,)
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Anna R.
"Anna, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scoc. Franc. & Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Præcharissimo Marito Nostro Principi Georgio de Denmarke, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Thomæ Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati &
Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Nathan Wrighte Militi Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri Angl.
Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario
Nostro Joh'i Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl. Primati et
Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Sidney Domino Godolphin Magno Thesaurario Angl.
Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Thomæ
Comiti Pembroke & Montgomery Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Johanni Duci de Comitatu Buckingham & de
Normanby Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Will'o Duci
Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset Magistro Equorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Ormonde, Carolo Duci Bolton, Mainhardt Duci Sconberg,
Thomæ Duci Leeds, Johanni Duci Marlborough, Rob'to
Comiti Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Carolo Comiti
Carliol. Comiti Marescallo Angl. Hen'co Comiti Kanc.
Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dorset &
Midd'x, Georgio Comiti Northampton, Carolo Comiti
Manchester, Thomæ Comiti Stamford, Thomæ Comiti
Thanet, Carolo Bodvile Comiti Radnor, Carolo Comiti
Berkeley, Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Laurentio Comiti
Roffen. Montagu Comiti Abingdon Constabulario Turris
Nostræ London. Rad'o Comiti Montagu, Ric'o Comiti
Scarbrough, Franc'o Comiti Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Ed'r'o Comiti Jersey, Thomæ Vicecomiti
Weymouth Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Hen'co Episcopo London. Prædilectis &
Fidelibus Consiliaris Nostris Rob'to Domino Ferrers,
Thomæ Domino Wharton, Johanni Domino Poulett de
Hinton St. George, Rob'to Domino Lexington, Will'mo
Domino Dartmouth, Johanni Domino Granville, Heneagio Domino Gernsey, & Joh'i Leveson Domino Gower
Cancellario Ducatus (fn. *) Nostri Lancastr. Salutem. Cum
nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis,
Nos, Statum & Desensionem Regni Nostri Angl. &
Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo Die Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari & teneri ordinavimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad & in Octavum Diem Octobris tunc prox. sequen. prorogatum fuerat; & abinde, per separales Prorogationes & Adjournationes,
ad & in inftantem Diem Jovis, Decimum Nonum Diem
Octobris, prorogatum & adjournatum fuerat, apud
Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædictam, ibidem tunc
tenendum & prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod,
certis urgentibus Causis & Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur,
Prudentia, & Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes, de Avisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri,
assignavimus vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes
vobis, & aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore
Præsentium, plenam Potestatem & Auctoritatem, hoc
instante Die Jovis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum,
Nomine Nostro, usque ad & in Diem Martis, Vicesimum
Quartum Diem hujus instantis Octobris, apud prædictam
Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum;
& ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, & Militibus, Civibus,
& Burgensibus, ac omnibus aliis quorum interest ad
dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore
Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, & exercendis, pareant, obedi
ant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipsa, apud Westm. Decimo Nono Die
Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri Tertio.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Keeper said,
Parliament prorogued
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do, in Her Majesty's Name,
prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Four and
Twentieth Day of this Instant October: And this
Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Tuesday the
Four and Twentieth Day of this Instant October."