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from the date of these presents until the feast of St. Andrew next (out of the Council) 



following after the date of these presents, and until one other of the ^ d ^ choBen "> d 



Council of the Royal Society aforesaid for the time being shall have 



been elected, appointed, and sworn to that office in due manner, 



according to the ordinance and provision below in these presents 



expressed and declared (if the aforesaid William, Viscount Brouncker, 



shall live so long); having first taken a corporal oath well and He himself to be ftrst 



faithfully to execute [his office] in and by all things touching that ^rdChanceUor! he 



office, according to the true intention of these presents, before our very 



well-beloved and very trusty Cousin and Councillor Edward, Earl of 



Clarendon, our Chancellor of England : to which same Edward, Earl 



of Clarendon, our Chancellor aforesaid, we give and grant full power 



and authority to administer the oath aforesaid in these words following, 



that is to say : 



I, William, Viscount Brouncker, do promise to deal faithfully and The President's Oath, 

 honestly in all things belonging to the trust committed to me, as 

 President of the Royal Society of London for improving Natural Know- 

 ledge, during my employment in that capacity. So help me God ! 



We have also assigned, constituted, and made, and by these presents The first Council 

 for us, our heirs, and successors do make, our beloved and trusty 

 Robert Moray, Knight, one of our Privy Council in our Realm of 

 Scotland ; Robert Boyle, Esquire ; William Brereton, Esquire, eldest 

 son of the Baron de Brereton ; Kenelm Digby, Knight, Chancellor 

 to our very dear mother, Queen Maria ; Gilbert Talbot, Knight, 

 Treasurer of our Jewels ; Paul Neile, Knight, one of the Ushers of our 

 Privy Chamber ; Henry Slingesby, Esquire, one of the Gentlemen of 

 our aforesaid Privy Chamber ; William Petty, Knight ; Timothy 

 Clarke, Doctor in Medicine and one of our Physicians ; John Wilkins, 

 Doctor in Divinity; George Ent, Doctor in Medicine; William 

 Aerskine, one of our Cup-bearers ; Jonathan Goddard, Doctor in 

 Medicine and Professor of Gresham College ; William Balle, Esquire ; 

 Matthew Wren, Esquire ; John Evelyn, Esquire ; Thomas Henshaw, 

 Esquire ; Dudley Palmer, of Grey's Inn, in our County of Middlesex, 

 Esquire ; Abraham Hill, of London, Esquire ; and Henry Oldenburg, 

 Esquire, together with the President aforesaid, to be and become the 

 first and present twenty-one of the Council and Fellows of the Royal 

 Society aforesaid ; to be continued in their offices of the Council TO continue tai next 



. , . ., ,, f -j f f St. Andrew's Day, and 



aforesaid from the date 01 these presents until the aforesaid least 01 tui others shall be 



St. Andrew the Apostle next following, and thenceforth until other fit- 



ting and able and sufficient persons shall have been elected, appointed, j* gk; 



and sworn into the offices aforesaid (if they shall live so long, or President, the like 



. , . , , , \ a L ath M he took ' mu ~ 



shall not have been amoved for any just and reasonable cause); first tatia mutandis. 



taking corporal oaths before the President for the time being of the 



