88 RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



of twenty-one persons of the Council of the Royal Society aforesaid ; 

 and that he or they so elected and appointed in that office may have 

 the same office until the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle then next 

 following, and thenceforth until one other or several others shall 

 have been elected, appointed, and nominated ; first taking a corporal 

 oath before the President and Council of the Royal Society aforesaid, 

 or any seven or more of them (of whom we will the President for the 

 time being, or his Deputy, to be always one), well and faithfully to 

 execute that office in and by all things touching that office, according 

 to the true intention of these presents. 



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

 (and no mom) an to successors do grant to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows 

 of the aforesaid Royal Society, and to their successors [for ever], that 



and Fellows, or any they and their successors, or any thirty-one or more of them (of 



thirty-one or more of J . i_ i TA u 



them (of whom the whom we will the President for the time being, or his Deputy, to be 



always one), or the major part of the aforesaid thirty-one or more, 

 oSch thhon^o? ever y y 6 ^ on the a fo res aid fe ast of st - Andrew the Apostle, may 



more - and shall have full power and authority to elect, nominate, appoint, 



and change ten of the Fellows of the Royal Society aforesaid, to fill 

 up 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. 



The President may ~v\r e w ill also, and for us, our heirs, and successors do grant to the 



appoint one out of the / i -r i 



Council to be his aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows or the aforesaid Royal 

 Society, and to their successors for ever, 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 necessary affairs of the same Royal Society 

 touching the office of President, that then and so often it may and 

 shall be good and lawful to the same President so detained, employed 

 or occupied, to nominate and appoint one of the Council of the 

 aforesaid Royal Society for the time being to be and become the 

 who may act as such Deputy of the same President ; which same Deputy, so to be made 

 the President make 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 meanwhile the aforesaid President of 

 the Royal Society aforesaid for the time being shall have made and 



