Anno 9° Annæ Reginæ.
DIE Martis, 18 Julii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
| | |
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Eliens. |
Ds. Cancellarius.
Ds. Sommers, Præses.
Dux Hamilton.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Anglesea.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Portland.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Wemyss.
Comes I'lay.
Viscount Say & Seale. |
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Guilford. |
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
on his Right Hand; and the Earl of Anglesea and the
Lord Dartmouth on his Left; commanded the 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;
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"ANNA R.
"Anna, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, &
Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo
in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ
Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Will'o Domino Cowper Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Job'i Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angliæ Primati & Metropolitano, Charissimo Consanguineo &
Consiliario Nostro Sidney Comiti Godolphin Magno
Thesaurario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Prædilecto &
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Job'i Domino Sommers Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis &
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, Jacobo Duci Ormonde, Carolo Duci
Bolton, Mainherdt Duci Schonberg, Thomæ Duci Leeds,
Joh'i Duci Marleborough Capitaneo Generali Copiarum Nostrarum, Jacobo Duci Queensberry & Dover
Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Joh'i
Duci Argyle & Comiti Greenwich, Jacobo Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh, Hen'co Duci Cantii,
Rob'to Marchioni Lindsey Magno Camerario Angliæ,
Evelyn Marchioni Dorchester, Jacobo Comiti Derby
Cancellario Ducatus (fn. *) Nostri Lancastr. Thomæ Comiti
Pembroke & Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti Suffolk &
Bindon Vice-marescallo Angliæ, Carolo Comiti Manchester, Ric'o Comiti Rivers, Thomæ Comiti Stamford,
Carolo Comiti Sunderland, Joh'i Comiti Anglesea, Carolo Comiti Carliol. Carolo Bodvile Comiti Radnor,
Carolo Comiti Berkeley, Ric'o Comiti Scarbrough, Ric'o
Comiti Bradford, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Joh'i Comiti
Poulet, Hugoni Comiti Cholmondeley Thesaurario Hospitii Nostri, Joh'i Comiti Mar, Hugoni Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Seafield, Carolo Vicecomiti Townsbend, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario
Nostro Hen'co Episcopo London. Prædilectis & Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Dartmouth Uni
Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Rob'to Domino Ferrers, & Rob'to Domino Lexington, Salutem,
Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus
Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri
Magnæ Britanniæ & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum, apud Civitatem
Nostram Westmonaster. Octavo Die Julii qui erat
Anno Regni Nostri Septimo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in Nonum Diem Septembris tunc
prox. fequen. prorogatum fuerat; & abinde, per
separales Prorogationes & Adjournamenta, ad & in
instantem Diem Martis, Decimum Octavum Diem
Julii 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 et in Diem Martis,
Primum Diem Mensis Augusti nunc prox. sequen.
apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. prorogandum & continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum & prosequendum; et ideo vobis mandamus, quod
circa Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma
prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis & fingulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus & Burgis, ac omnibus aliis
quorum interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum
conventuris, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, &
exequendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant; prout
decet. In cujus Rei Testimonium, has Literas Nostras
fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipsa, apud Westmonaster. Decimo Octavo
Die Julii, Anno Regni Nostri Nono.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Chancellor said;
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission now read,
and to us (among other Lords) directed, we do, in
Her Majesty's Name, prorogue this Parliament to
Tuesday the First Day of August next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly to Tuesday the First
Day of August next."