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to my last will and testament, as follows : Whereas 

 I have, in and by my will, given some directions 

 about the sale and disposition of my museum, herein 

 more particularly mentioned, now I do hereby revoke 

 my will, as far as relates thereto ; and I do direct 

 and appoint, concerning the same, in the following 

 manner: Having had from my youth a strong 

 inclination to the study of plants, and all other pro- 

 ductions of nature; and having, through the course 

 of many years, with great labour and expense, 

 gathered together whatever could be procured, either 

 in our own or foreign countries, that was rare and 

 curious ; and being fully convinced that nothing 

 tends more to raise our ideas of the power, wisdom, 

 goodness, providence, and other perfections of the 

 Deity, or more to the comfort and wellbeing of his 

 creatures, than the enlargement of our knowledge iu 

 the works of nature, I do will and desire, that, for 

 the promoting of these noble ends, the glory of God 

 and good of man, my collection in all its branches 

 may be, if possible, kept and preserved together whole 

 and entire, in my manor house, in the parish of 

 Chelsea, situate near the Physic Garden, given by 

 me to the Company of Apothecaries, for the same 

 purposes; and having great reliance and confidence 

 that the Right Honourable, Honourable, and other 

 persons hereafter named, will be influenced by the 

 same principles, and faithfully and conscientiously 

 discharge the trust hereby reposed in them, I do give, 

 devise, and bequeath, unto the Right Honourable 

 Charles Sloane Cadogan ; Hans Stanley, Esq. ; 

 William Sloane, Esq.; the Rev. Sloane Elsmere, 

 D.D. ; and the Rector of Chelsea for the time being, 

 and certain other persons herein named; all my 

 museum at, in, or about my manor house, at Chelsea, 

 aforesaid, which consists of too great a variety to be 

 particularly described. But I mean all my library 

 of books, drawings, manuscripts, prints, medals, and 

 coins; ancient and modern antiquities; seals and 

 cameos, intaglios and precious stones, agates, and 

 jaspers; vessels of agate, jasper, or crystal; mathe- 



