WHereas Our Parliament is now Prorogued to the Four and twentieth Day of this Instant May ; And Whereas by Our Proclamation of the Fifth of this Month , for the Reason therein mentioned , We thought fit to Declare Our Pleasure , That Our Parliament should not only Meet on the said Four and twentieth Day of May , but should Continue then to Sit for the Dispatch of divers Weighty Affairs . We taking it into Our Royal Consideration , That Our Navy being now at Sea , and Joyned with that of Our Allies , and in a readiness ( by the Blessing of God ) to Resist and Repel the Designs and Attempts of Our Enemies : And being unwilling to Call Our Subjects from their Habitations at this Season of the Year , unless in case of Necessity , Have therefore thought fit ( with the Advice of Our Privy Council ) to Publish and Declare , and We do hereby Publish and Declare Our Royal Pleasure , That Our Parliament shall upon the said Four and twentieth Day of May , be further Prorogued to the Fourteenth Day of June next , Whereof Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and the Knights , Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Commons , 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 Four and twentieth Day of May expect the Attendance of any , but such as being in or about the Cities of London and Westminster , may Attend the making of the said Prorogation , in such manner as heretofore in like Cases has been accustomed . And We to hereby further Declare , That convenient Notice shall be given by Proclamation , of the time when Our Parliament shall Meet and Sit for the Dispatch of Business , to the end that the Members of both Houses may Order their Affairs accordingly .