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office in and by all things touching that office, according to the true 

 intention of these presents. 



On every St. Andrew's And further we will, and by these presents for us, our heirs, and 

 more) of the Council successors do grant to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of 

 are to be changed. ^ e aforesaid Royal Society, and to their successors, that they and 

 their successors, every year, on the aforesaid feast of St. Andrew the 

 Apostle, may and shall have full power and authority to elect, 

 nominate, appoint, and change ten of the Fellows of the Royal Society 

 aforesaid, to fill tip the places and offices of ten of the aforesaid number 

 of twenty-one of the Council of the Royal Society aforesaid ; for we 

 do declare it to be our royal pleasure, and by these presents for us, 

 our heirs, and successors we do grant, that ten of the aforesaid Council, 

 and no more, shall be annually changed and amoved by the President, 

 Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society aforesaid. 



We will also, and for us, our heirs, and successors do grant to the 

 aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of the aforesaid Royal Society, 

 and to their successors, that if it shall happen that the President of 

 the same Royal Society for the time being is detained by sickness or 

 infirmity, or is employed in the service of us, our heirs, or successors, 

 or is otherwise occupied, so that he shall not be able to attend to the 

 The President may necessary affairs of the same Royal Society touching the office of 

 g*S to be his f the President, that then and so often it may and shall be good and lawful to 

 Deputy: fa e same President so detained, employed, or occupied, to nominate 



an d appoint one of the Council of the aforesaid Royal Society for the 

 ^ me ^"g * ^ e anc ^ become the Deputy of the same President ; which 

 Council to be so. same Deputy, so to be made and appointed in the office of Deputy of 

 the President aforesaid, may and shall be the Deputy of the same 

 President from time to time, as often as the aforesaid President shall 

 happen to be so absent, during the whole time in which the aforesaid 

 President shall continue in the office of President ; unless in the mean- 

 while the aforesaid President of the Royal Society aforesaid for the time 

 being shall have made and appointed one other of the aforesaid Council 

 Such Deputy may, in his Deputy ; And that every such Deputy of the aforesaid President so to 

 sence'do a^ actsthat ^ made and appointed, as it is aforesaid, may be able and have power 

 he himself could do if t o <j o an( j execute all and singular things which pertain or ought to 



present. < 



pertain to the office of President of the aforesaid Royal Society, or 

 which are limited and appointed to be done and executed by the afore- 

 said President, by virtue of these our Letters Patent, from time to time, 

 as often as the aforesaid President shall so happen to be absent, during 

 such time as he shall continue the Deputy of the aforesaid President, 

 by force of these our Letters Patent, as fully, freely, and wholly, and 

 in as ample manner and form, as the aforesaid President, if he were 

 present, would be able and have power and do and execute those things ; 



