WHereas since Our last Session of Parliament the same was Prorogued by Vs until the third day of October then next coming and now near at hand , At which time We did fully intend to have held Our next Session of Parliament at Westminster , if it had pleased God to remove the Infection of the Plague from the Cities of London and Westminster , Or to abate it in such measure that the Parliament might have met there , without the manifest Peril of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and the Commons : And whereas the increase of the Plague is now become so Dreadful , and the Infection thereof so generally dispersed in , and about Our Cities of London and Westminster , that We have great reason to fear We shall not be able to Assemble Our Parliament there where We chiefly desired : We have therefore with the Advice of Our Privy Council thought fit , and Do hereby Declare and Publish Our Royal Will and Pleasure , That the same Parliament shall be again Prorogued from the Third of October unto the Ninth day of the same October , and from the City of Westminster unto the City of Oxford , Where We have taken care that good Accommodation be made and kept for the several Members of both Our Houses of Parliament , to be there holden upon the said Ninth of October . Whereof the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and all and every the Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses of the House of Commons , and all others whom it doth or may concern , are to take notice , and to order their affairs accordingly ; We letting them know , that although We shall not require any of their Attendance at Westminster upon the said Third of October ( except such only who may conveniently be present at the making of the said Prorogation in the usual manner ) Nebertheless We do expect , and do hereby require and strictly charge and command them , and every of them personally to appear at Our said City of Oxford upon the said Ninth of October , then and there to proceed in those Weighty and Vrgent Affairs which shall be there handled , and shall be most expedient for the general good of Vs and Our Kingdoms .