Anno 3 Georgii Regis.
DIE Martis, 16 Octobris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor. |
Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Dux Roxburgh.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Yarmouth.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Townshend. |
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Trevor.
Ds. Parker. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
there was a Commission issued under the Great Seal,
for the further proroguing of this Parliament."
Then Five of the Lords Commissioners (in their
Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Chancellor in
the Middle; and the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
and Duke of Roxburgh on his Right Hand; and
the Lord Viscount Townshend and Lord Parker on his
Left; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod to let the Commons know, "That the Commissioners desire their Attendance in this House, to hear
the Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
GEORGIUS. P. C. R.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Will'o
Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angl. Primati & Metropolitano, Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Will'o Domino Cowper Cancellario Nostro Mag.
Britanniæ, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis
Nostris Will'o Duci Devon. Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Corolo Comiti Sunderland Custodi Privati Sigilli
Nostri, Hen'co Duci Kent Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Bolton Camerario Hospitii Nostri,
Joh'i Duci Marlborough Capitaneo Generali Copiarum Nostrarum, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh, Carolo Comiti
Carlisle, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Carolo Vicecomiti Townshend Primario Secretario Nostro, & Prædilecto & Fideli Consiliario Nostro Tho. Domino Parker Capitali Justic. Nostro ad Placita coram Nobis tenend.
assign. Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Mag. Britann. & Eccles. concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum, apud
Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Septimo Die Martii, Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum
inchoatum & tentum fuerat; & abinde, per separalia
Adjournamenta, usque ad et in Vicesimum Sextum
Diem Junii, Anno Regni Nostri Secundo, adjournatum
& continuatum fuerat; & abinde, per separales Prorogationes, ad et in instantem Diem Martis, Decimum
Sextum Diem Octobris, prorogatum 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, Vicesimum Diem Novembris nunc prox. sequen. apud præd. Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster.
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, 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 Georgio Principe Walliæ, &c. Custode Regni
Mag. Britann. et Locum Nostrum tenente in
eodem Regno, apud Westmonaster. Decimo
Sexto Die Octobris, Anno Regni Nostri Tertio.
"Per Georgium Principem Walliæ &c.
Custodem Regni Mag. Britann. & Locum-tenentem Regis in eodem Regno, propria Manu
signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
My Lords, and Gentlemen,
Parliament prorogued.
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
to us and others directed, we do, in His Majesty's
Name, prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Twentieth Day of November next, to be then here held:
And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Twentieth Day of November next."