Anno 3 Georgii Regis.
DIE Martis, 20 Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam. Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. London.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Roffen. |
Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Bolton, Camerarius.
Dux Shrewsbury.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Orford.
Comes Grantham. |
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Parker.
Ds. Torrington.
Ds. Romney. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
there was a Commission issued, for the further proroguing this Parliament."
Then Four 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 Steward and Lord Parker on his Right Hand; and the Lord Chamberlain on
his Left; commanded the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The Lords
Commissioners desire their Attendance in this House,
to hear His Majesty's 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,
et 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 Magnæ Britanniæ, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Duci Devon Præsidenti Concilii Nostri,
Carolo 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 Thom. Domino Parker Capitali Justiciario Nostro ad
Placita coram Nobis tenend. assignat. Salutem. Cum
nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis,
Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Mag. Britanniæ et Ecclesiæ 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, Vicesimum Diem Novembris, 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, Octavum Diem
Januarii nunc prox. sequen. apud prædictam 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, & 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 Magnæ Britanniæ, & Locum Nostrum
Tenente in eodem Regno, apud Westmonasterium,
Vicesimo Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri
Tertio.
"Per Georgium Principem Walliæ, &c.
Custodem Regni Mag. Britan. & Locumtenentem Regis in eodem Regno, propria
Manu signat.
"Wrighte."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
to us and others directed, we do, in His Majesty's
Name, and by His Royal Authority, prorogue this
present Parliament to Tuesday the Eighth Day of January, to be then here held: And this Parliament is
accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Eighth Day of
January next."