68 RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



by the President in President, in the presence of the Council, or of any seven or more of 



Council or any seven them, and in the name of the Royal Society, and sealed with their 



or more of them. Common Seal aforesaid, to enjoy mutual intelligence and knowledge 



with all and all manner of strangers and foreigners, whether private or 



collegiate, corporate or politic, without any molestation, interruption, 



or disturbance whatsoever : Provided nevertheless, that this our 



indulgence, so granted as it is aforesaid, be not extended to further use 



than the particular benefit and interest of the aforesaid Royal 



Society in matters or things philosophical, mathematical, or 



mechanical. 



Licence to build a And further we have given and granted, and by these presents for 



College or Colleges in , . , -. , ., ., 



London, or within ten us, our heirs, and successors do give and grant to the aforesaid 

 miles of London. p res ident, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society aforesaid, and to 

 their successors, full power and authority to erect, build, and construct, 

 or to make or cause to be erected, built, and constructed, within our 

 City of London, or ten miles of the same, one or more College or 

 Colleges, of whatsoever kind or quality, for the habitation, assembly, 

 and meeting of the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of the 

 aforesaid Royal Society, and of their successors, for the ordering and 

 arranging of their affairs and other matters concerning the same Royal 

 Society, 

 if any abuses or And further we will, and by these presents for us, our heirs, and 



differences arise, they . * 



shall be reformed and successors do ordain, constitute, and appoint, that if any abuses or 

 chancellor clarendon differences hereafter shall arise and happen concerning the government 

 aAerwardsbythe g '' or t ner matters or affairs of the aforesaid Royal Society, whereby any 

 Archbishop of Canter- injury or hindrance may be done to the constitution, stability, and 



bury, the Lord Chan- J J J i . /, , 



ceiior, or Keeper, the progress of the studies, or to the matters and affairs, of the same ; that 



Bishop of London, the then and so often, by these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, 



^e t^Secre^eTof we ^ authorize, [ordain,] nominate, assign, and appoint our aforesaid 



state for the time very well-beloved and very trusty Cousin and Councillor Edward, Earl 



of them. of Clarendon, our Chancellor of our Realm of England, by himself 



during his life, and, after his death, then the Archbishop of Canterbury, 



the Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal of England, the Treasurer 



of England, the Bishop of London, the Keeper of the Privy Seal, and 



the two Principal Secretaries for the time being, or any four or more 



of them, to reconcile, compose, and adjust the same differences and 



abuses. 



General Clauses. And further we will, and by these presents, for us, our heirs, and 



successors, firmly enjoining, do order and command all and singular the 

 Justices, Mayors, Aldermen, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Constables, and other 

 officers, ministers, and subjects whomsoever of us, our heirs, and 

 successors, that they be from time to time aiding and assistant to the 

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



