Anno 9 Annæ Reginæ.
DIE Martis, 1 Augusti.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Winton.
Epus. Lich. & Cov. |
Ds. Cancellarius.
Comes Godolphin, Thesaurarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Hamilton.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Portland.
Comes Crafurd.
Comes Mar.
Comes Loudoun. |
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Berkeley Ber.
Ds. Berkeley Str. |
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 Treasurer
and Earl of Mar on his Right Hand; and the Duke of
Somerset and Lord Dartmouth on his Left; commanded
the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The Lords 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, et
Hib'niæ Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo
in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Thomæ
Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati et Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Will'o Domino Cowper Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angl. Primati et Metropolitano, Charissimo Consanguineo et
Consiliario Nostro Sidney Comiti Godolphin Magno
Thesaurario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Prædilecto et
Fideli Consiliario Nostro Joh'i Domino Sommers Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Charissimis Consanguineis et
Consiliariis Nostris Joh'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 et 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
Vicemarescallo Angl. 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 Townshend, Reverendo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Hen'co Episcopo London. Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Domino Dartmouth Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Rob'to Domino
Ferrers, et Rob'to Domino Lexington, 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 Westmonaster. Octavo Die Julii, qui erat Anno Regni Nostri Septimo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo
Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque at et in Nonum Diem Septembris tunc prox. sequen. prorogatum fuerat; et abinde, per separales Prorogationes et
Adjournamenta, ad et in instantem Diem Martis, Primum Diem Augusti, prorogatum et adjournatum fuerat, 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 confidentes, 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, Vicesimum Sextum Diem Mensis
Septembris nunc prox. sequen. apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. 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 Westmonaster. Primo Die
Augusti, 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 Six and Twentieth Day of September
next: And this Parliament is prorogued accordingly
to Tuesday the Six and Twentieth Day of September
next."