Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 16, 1696-1701. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.
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Anno 10 Gulielmi Tertii.
DIE Mercurii, Vicesimo Quarto Die Augusti, 1698°, Anno Regni Serenissimi Domini Gulielmi Tertii, Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Regis, Fidei Defensoris, &c. Decimo, in Superiori Domo apud Westmonasterium, convenere Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur:
The King's most Excellent Majesty, having, by His Writ of Summons, bearing Date at Westminster, the Thirteenth Day of July last past, appointed His Parliament to open and begin this Day; for great and weighty Considerations, (with the Advice of His Privy Council,) did, by His Writ under the Great Seal of England, dated the Eighteenth Day of this Instant Month of August, prorogue the said Parliament until Tuesday the Seven and Twentieth Day of September next.
Which Writ was read by the Clerk, and is as followeth; (videlicet,)
"Tho. Cantuar.
Pembroke, C.P.S.
Devonshire.
Marleborough.
Romney.
Orford.
Ch. Montague.
Writ for the Prorogation.
"Gulielmus Tertius, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scociæ, Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Prædilectis et Fidelibus Nostris, Prælatis, Magnatibus, et Proceribus Regni Nostri Angl. ac Dilectis et Fidelibus Nostris, Militibus, Civibus, et Burgensibus dicti Regni Nostri, ad Parliamentum Nostrum, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo Quarto Die instantis Mensis Augusti inchoandum et tenendum, convocatis et electis, et vestrum cuilibet, Salutem. Cum Nos, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem dicti Regni Nostri Angl. ac Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernentibus, dictum Parliamentum Nostrum ad Diem et Locum præd. teneri ordinavimus; ac vobis, per separalia Brevia Nostra, apud Civitatem et Diem præd. interesse mandavimus, ad tractand. consentiend. et concludend. super iis quæ in dicto Parliamento Nostro tunc et ibidem proponerentur et tractarentur: Quibusdam tamen certis de Causis et Considerationibus Nos ad præsens specialiter moventibus, dictum Parliamentum Nostrum usque Vicesimum Septimum Diem Septembris prox. futur. duximus prorogandum; ita quod nec vos, nec aliquis vestrum, ad dictum Vicesimum Quartum Diem Augusti, apud Civitatem præd. comparere teneamini, seu arctemini: Volumus enim vos, et quemlibet vestrum, inde erga Nos penitus exonerari; mandantes, et, Tenore Præsentium, firmiter injungendo præcipientes, vobis, et cuilibet vestrum, ac omnibus aliis quibus in hac Parte intererit, quod ad dictum Vicesimum Septimum Diem Septembris, apud præd. Civitatem Westm. personaliter compareatis et intersitis, et quilibet vestrum compareat et intersit, ad tractand. faciend. agend. et concludend. super iis quæ in dicto Parliamento Nostro, de communi Consilio dicti Regni Nostri, favente Deo, contigerint ordinari.
"Testibus, Thoma Archiepiscopo Cantuar. et cæteris Custodibus et Justiciariis Regni, apud Westm. Decimo Octavo Die Augusti, Anno Regni Nostri Decimo.
"Chute.
"Breve ad Parliamentum de Prima Summonitione prorogand'.
"Chute."