Anno 12° Annæ Reginæ.
DIE Jovis, 26 Martii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Norwicen.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Harcourt, Custos Magni Sigilli.
Comes Oxon. & Mortimer, Thesaurarius.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Ormonde.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Atholl.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Berkshire.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Gainsborough.
Comes Portland.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Mar.
Comes Linlithgow.
Comes Home.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Northesk.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Play.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Dartmouth.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Hatton.
Viscount Longueville. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Howard Escr.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Gernsey.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Montjoie.
Ds. Mansell.
Ds. Foley. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Keeper acquainted the House, "That Her
Majesty had sent a Commission for the further proroguing of the Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
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; with the
Lord Treasurer on his Right Hand; and the Duke of
Ormonde and Earl of Dartmouth on his Left; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the
Commons know, "That the Commissioners desire their
immediate Attendance in the House of Peers, to hear
the Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the same 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
Simoni Domino Harcourt Custodi Magni Sigilli Nostri
Magnæ Britanniæ, Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Roberto Comiti de Oxon. et Comiti
Mortimer Magno Thesaurario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ,
Joh'i Duci de Comitatu Buckingham et de Normanby
Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Jacobo Duci Ormonde Capitaneo Generali Copiarum Nostrarum, Joh'i Comiti
Poulet Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Will'o Comiti Dartmouth Primario Secretario Nostro, et Henrico Vicecomiti Bullingbrook Uni Primariorum Secretariorum
Nostrorum, 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. Vicesimo Quinto
Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Nono, inchoari et
teneri ordinaverimus; quo Die idem Parliamentum
Nostrum inchoatum et tentum fuit; et abinde, per
separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, usque ad
et in instantem Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Sextum Diem
Martii, adjournatum et prorogatum fuit, 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, affignavimus
vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium,
plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die
Jovis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine
Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Jovis, Nonum Diem
Aprilis nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam 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. Vicesimo Sexto
Die Martii, Anno Regni Nostri Duodecimo.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Examined by us,
Clarendon.
Yarmouth.
Warrington.
C. Norwich.
Somers.
Then the Lord Keeper said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of
Commons,
"By Virtue of Her Majesty's Commission, which
has been now read, we do, in Her Majesty's Name,
further prorogue this present Parliament to Thursday
the Ninth Day of April next: And this Parliament
is accordingly prorogued to Thursday the Ninth Day of
April next."