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and to their successors, in and by all things, according to the true 

 intention of these our Letters Patent. 



Although express mention of the true yearly value or of the 

 certainty of the premises, or of any of them, or of other gifts or grants 

 before these times made by us or by any of our progenitors or 

 predecessors to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of the 

 Royal Society, is not made in these presents; or any statute, act, 

 ordinance, provision, proclamation, or restriction to the contrary 

 thereof heretofore had, made, enacted, ordained, or provided, or any 

 other thing, cause, or matter whatsoever, in any wise notwithstanding. 



In witness whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made 

 Patent. Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the fifteenth day of July, 

 in the fourteenth year of our reign. 



By the King himself. 



HOWARD. 



CHARTA SECUNDA, 



lisdem ab eodem concessa, A.D. MDCLXIII. 



CAROLUS SECUXDUS, Dei gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae et Hiber- 

 niae Rex, Fidei Defensor, etc., omnibus ad quos hae Literae nostrae 

 Patentes pervenerint, salutem. 



Diu multiunque apud nos statuimus, ut imperii fines, sic etiam 

 artes atque scientias ipsas promovere. Favemus itaque omnibus disci- 

 plinis ; particulari autem gratia indulgemus philosophicis studiis, prae- 

 sertim iis, quae solidis experimentis conantur aut novain extundere 

 philosophiam, aut expolire veterem. Ut igitur inclarescant apud no- 

 stros hujusmodi studia, quae nusquam terrarum adhuc satis emicue- 

 runt, utque nos tandem univergus literarum orbis non solum fidei 

 defensorem, sed etiam veritatis omnimodae et cultorem ubique et 

 patronum, semper agnoscat : 



Sciatis, quod nos de gratia nostra speciali ac ex certa scientia et 

 mero motu nostris ordinavimus constituimus et concessimus, ac per 

 presentes pro nobis heredibus et successoribus nostris ordinamus con- incorporation an<i 

 stituimus et concedimus, quod de caetero in perpetuum erit Societas, 

 de Praeside Concilio et Sodalibus consistens, qui vocabuntur et nun- 

 cupabuntur Praeses Concilium et Sodales Regalis Societatis Londini 

 pro Scientia naturali promovenda (cuius quidem Societatis nos ipsos The King himself 



r v j T r Founder and Patron. 



Fundatorem et Patronum per presentes declaramus) ; Et eandem 

 Societatem, per nomen Praesidis Concilii et Sodalium Regalis Socie- 

 tatis Londini pro Scientia naturali promovenda, unum corpus cor- 



