Anno 5 Annæ Reginæ.
DIE Martis, 22 Octobris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. London.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Lincoln. |
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Dux Ormonde.
Dux Schonberg.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Grantham. |
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Herbert. |
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; the
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Bishop of
London on his Right Hand; and the Earl of Manchester
and Lord Dartmouth 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, their Speaker being absent; the
Commission was read, as followeth; (videlicet,)
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"ANNA R.
"ANNA, Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Scociæ, Franciæ, & 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
Will'o Cowper Armigero Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri
Angl. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Johanni 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 Newcastle Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri, Will'o Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii
Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset Magistro Equorum Nostrorum, Jacobo Duci Ormonde, Carolo Duci Bolton, Mainherdt Duci Schonberg, Thomæ Duci Leeds, Joh'i Duci
Marlborough, Joh'i Duci de Comitatu Buckingham &
de Normanby, Rad'o Duci Montagu, Rob'to Comiti
Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Henrico Comiti Kant.
Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Jacobo Comiti Derby Cancellario Ducatus (fn. * ) Nostri Lancastr. Georgio Comiti
Northampton, Carolo Comiti Manchester, Carolo Comiti
Peterborow & Monmouth, Thomæ Comiti Stamford,
Thomæ Comiti Thanet, Carolo Comiti Carliol. Carolo
Bodvile Comiti Radnor, Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Daniel.
Comiti Nottingham, Laurentio Comiti Roffen. Montagu
Comiti Abingdon, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Fran'co Comiti Bradford Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Ed'r'o Comiti Jersey, Thomæ Vicecomiti Weymouth, Reverendo
in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Hen'co
Episcopo London. ac Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Rob'to Domino Ferrers, Thomæ Domino
Wharton, Joh'i Domino Poulett de Hinton St. George,
Rob'to Domino Lexington, Hugoni Domino Cholmondeley, Will'o Domino Dartmouth, Joh'i Domino Granville, Heneagio Domino Gernsey, & Joh'i Leveson Domino Gower, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam
arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Angliæ & Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ
concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum
apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Quarto Die
Junii, Anno Regni Nostri Quarto, inchoari & teneri
ordinavimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad & in Sextum Diem Septembris tunc
prox. sequen. prorogatum fuerat; & abinde, per separales Prorogationes & Adjournationes, ad & in
instantem Diem Martis, Vicesimum Secundum 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 Martis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad & in Diem Jovis,
Vicesimum Primum Diem Novembris jam prox. sequen. 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, obediant, & intendant, prout
decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipsa, apud Westm. Vicesimo Secundo
Die Octobris; Anno Regni Nostri Quinto.
"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 Thursday the One and
Twentieth Day of November next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Thursday the One
and Twentieth Day of November next."