His Majesty's MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Houses of PARLIAMENT, On Friday the Third of May, 1695.  
My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 I AM come to Give you Thanks for the Supplies, Provided for Carrying on the War, in which We are Engaged, and at the same Time, to Conclude this Session, which cannot be Continued longer without Manifest Prejudice to the Ends for which those Supplies are Given. The Season of the Year making it so Necessary for Me to be Abroad that it were to be Wished Our Business at Home would have Allowed Me to have been there sooner.  
I will take Care to Place the Administration of Affairs, during My Absence, in such Persons, on whose Care and Fidelity I can Entirely Depend; And I Doubt not, My Lords and Gentlemen, but every one of you, in your several Stations, will be Ass; isting to them. This is what I Require of you, and that You be more than Ordinarily Vigilant in Preserving the Public Peace.  
Then the Lord Keeper, by His Majesty's Command, said,  
My Lords and Gentlemen, 
 IT is His Majesty's Royal Will and Pleasure, that this Parliament should be Prorogued to Tuesday the Eighteenth day of June next, and this Parliament is accordingly Prorogued to Tuesday the Eighteenth day of June, next.   

Edinburgh, reprinted by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to His most Excellent Majesty, Anno Dom: 1695.