WHereas the Parliament hath been Prorogued until the Tenth day of February next, We for many weighty Reasons, have thought fit and Resolved to make a further Prorogation of the Parliament, until the Tenth day of May next ensuing the Date hereof: And therefore do by this Our Royal Procla­mation Publish, Notifie and Declare, That the Parliament shall be Pro­rogued upon and from the said Tenth day of February until the Tenth day of May next: Whereof the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses, and all others whom it may Concern, may hereby take Notice, and Order their Affairs accordingly: We letting them know, that We will not at the said Tenth day of February expect the Attendance of any, but onely such, as being in or about the Cities of London and Westminster, may Attend the making the said Proro­gation, as heretofore in like Cases hath been accustomed. And We do also hereby further Declare Our Royal Pleasure, That We shall not expect the Attendance of Our Houses of Parliament upon the said Tenth day of May, but intend at that time a further Prorogation to a more proper season of the year, unless some Extraordinary Occasion requires their Sitting, whereof We will give Convenient Notice by Our Royal Proclamation.

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Eighth Day of January 1685/6. In the First Year of Our Reign.

God save the King.