monogram of 'W' (William) superimposed on' M' (Mary) DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms By the King and Queen, A PROCLAMATION For Proroguing the PARLIAMENT. Marie R. WHereas Our Houses of Parliament (pursuant to Our Pleasure in that behalf signified) are Adjourned to the Twelfth Day of April next: We judging it not Requisite that they should Sat at that time, have (with the Advice of Our Privy Council) thought sit to Issue this Our Royal Proclamation, hereby Declaring and Publishing Our Will and Pleasure; That Our Parliament shall on the said Twelfth Day of April be Prorogued unto the Four and twentieth Day of May next; at which Prorogation We shall Expect the Attendance only of such Members as shall be Resident in or near Our Cities of London and Westminster. And We do hereby further Declare, That convenient Notice shall be given by Proclamation of the time when Our Parliament shall Meet, and Sat for the dispatch of Business, to the end that the Members of both Houses may Order their Affairs accordingly. Given at Our Court at Whitehall the Seventeenth Day of March, 1691/2. In the Fourth Year of Our Reign. God save the King William and Queen Mary. London, Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceased; Printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties. 1691/2.