The constitution of parliaments in England deduced from the time of King Edward the Second, illustrated by King Charles the Second in his Parliament summon'd the 18 of February 1660/1, and dissolved the 24 of January 1678/9 : with an appendix of its sessions / observed by Sr. John Pettus ... Knight.

The King's Warrant to the Lord Chan∣cellor for Summoning the Parliament begun the 8th of May, 1661.

CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.

To Our right Trusty and well beloved Counsellor, Sir Edward Hide, Knight, Chancellour of England, Greeting;

Whereas We by our Council for certain great and urgent Cau∣ses, concerning Ʋs, the good Estate and Com∣mon-wealth of this our Realm, and of the Church of England, and for the good Order and Continuance of the same, have

appointed and ordain'd a Parliament to be holden at our City of Westminster the eighth day of May next ensuing; In which Case divers and sundry Writs are to be directed forth under our Great Seal of England, as well for the Nobility of this our Realm, as also for the Election of Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of the several Counties, Cities, and Burrough Towns of the same, to be present at the said Parliament at the Day and Place aforesaid. Wherefore We Will and Com∣mand you forthwith upon receipt hereof, and by Warrant of the same, to cause such, and so many Writs to be made and sealed under our great Seal, for accomplishment of the same, as in like Cases have been heretofore used and accustomed. And this Bill signed with our Hand shall be as well to you as to every Clerk or Clerks as shall make or pass the same, a sufficient Warrant in that behalf.

Given at Our Palace at White-hall this Eighteenth Day of February, in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hun∣dred Sixty and One.