DIE Lunæ, 18 Aprilis.
Dominitam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Asaph.
Epus. Cicestr. |
Ds. Cancellarius.
Ds. Sommers, Præses.
Dux Shrewsbury, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Buckingham.
Dux Hamilton.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Dover.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Anglesea.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Wharton.
Comes Poulet.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Wemyss.
Comes Northesk.
Comes Seafield.
Comes Roseberrie.
Comes I'lay.
Viscount Say & Seale. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Lempster. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the further
proroguing of the Parliament."
Then the Lords Commissioners, being seated on a
Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack;
the Lord Chancellor in the Middle; the Lord President
and Duke of Dover on his Right Hand; and the Lord
Chamberlain and the Earl of Sunderland on his Left;
commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod to let the Commons know, "That the Commissioners desire them to come, and 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, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et
Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo
in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ
Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Will'o Domino Cowper Cancellario Nostro Magnæ
Britanniæ, Charissimo Consanguineo et Consiliario
Nostro Sidney Comiti Godolphin Magno Thesaurario
Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Job'i Domino Sommers Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis
Nostris Job'i Duci Newcastle Custodi Privati Sigilli
Nostri, Will'o Duci Devon. Senescallo Hospitii Nostri,
Carolo Duci Shrewsbury Camerario Hospitii Nostri,
Carolo Duci Somerset Magistro Equorum Nostrorum,
Joh'i Duci Marlborough Capitaneo Generali Copiarum Nostrarum, Jacobo Duci Queensberry et Dover
Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Carolo
Comiti Sunderland Uni Primariorum Secretariorum
Nostrorum, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, et Thomæ Comiti
Wharton, Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis
et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem
Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ et Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud
Civitatem Nostram Westm. Octavo Die Julii qui erat
Anno Regni Nostri Septimo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum
usque ad et in Nonum Diem Septembris tunc prox.
sequen. prorogatum suerat; et abinde, per separales
Prorogationes et Adjournamenta, ad et in instantem
Decimum Octavum Diem Aprilis prorogatum et adjournatum suerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm.
prædictam, ibidem tunc tenendum et prosequendum:
Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum ulterius 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 Martis, ad præsens
Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque ad et
in Diem Martis, Secundum Diem Maii 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, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis
pro Comitatibus et Burgis, 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.
"Teste Meipsa, apud Westm. Decimo Octavo
Die Aprilis, Anno Regni Nostri Nono.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Parliament prorogued.
"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission now read,
and to us (amongst other Lords) directed, we do,
in Her Majesty's Name, prorogue this Parliament
to Tuesday the Second Day of May next: And this
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the
Second Day of May next."