Anno 3 Georgii Regis.
DIE Jovis, 17 Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. London.
Epus. Norwic. |
Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Roxburgh.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Warrington. |
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Harcourt.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Parker. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
there was another Commission issued under the Great
Seal of Great Britain, for the further proroguing of
this Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
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
Steward and Lord Parker on his Left; commanded the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to signify to the
Commons, "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
Magnæ Britanniæ, Charissimis Consanguineis & Consiliariis Nostris Will'o Duci Devon. Præsidenti Concilii
Nostri, Evelyn Duci Kingston 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 Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Carolo Comiti Sunderland,
Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, & Prædilecto & Fideli Consilario Nostro Tho. Domino Parker Capitali Justiciario Nostro ad Placita coram Nobis tenend. assign. Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum
& Defensionem Regni Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ &
Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum
Nostrum, apud Civitatem Nostram Westmonaster. 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
& in Vicesimum Sextum Diem Junii, Anno Regni
Nostri Secundo, adjournatum & continuatum fuerat;
& abinde, per separales Prorogationes, ad & in Diem
Jovis, Decimum Septimum Diem instantis Januarii,
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, prædicto Die Jovis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro, usque
ad & in Diem Jovis, Vicesimum Quartum Diem hujus
instantis Januarii, apud prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. 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 Magn. Britann. & Locum Nostrum
Tenente in eodem Regno, apud Westmonaster.
Decimo Sexto Die Januarii, Anno Regni
Nostri Tertio.
"Per Georgium Principem
Walliæ, &c. Custodem Regni Magn. Britann. & Locum-tenentem 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 virtue of His Royal Authority, prorogue this present Parliament to Thursday the Twentyfourth Day of this Instant January, to be then here
held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued
to Thursday the Twenty-fourth Day of this Instant
January."