92 RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



and authorize them, twenty-one or more, full power and authority from time to time to 

 elect, nominate, and appoint one or more Typographers or Printers, 

 rint such anc * Chalcographers or Engravers, and to grant to him or them, by a 

 things (touching or writing sealed with the Common Seal of the aforesaid Royal Society, 

 Sockt^af shall be* * and signed by the hand of the President for the time being, faculty 

 by th^Pr^ident'and 6 to P rint sucn things, matters, and affairs touching or concerning the 

 Coxuicii, or any seven aforesaid Royal Society, as shall have been committed to the aforesaid 



or more of them (of . 



whom the President Typographer or Printer, Chalcographer or Engraver, or Typographers 

 one^ort^nfajorpart or Printers, Chalcographers or Engravers, from time to time, by the 

 ThTy C mu e s V t e befirTt 0re ' President and Council of the aforesaid Royal Society, or any seven 

 sworn before the or more o f them (of whom we will the President for the time being, 



President and Conn- . 



oil, or seven or more or his Deputy, to be one), or by the major part of the aforesaid seven 

 or more ; their corporal oaths first to be taken, before they be 

 admitted to exercise their offices, before the President and Council 

 for the time being, or any seven or more of them, in the form and 

 effect last specified ; to which same President and Council, or to any 

 seven or more of them, we do give and grant by these presents full 

 power and authority to administer the oaths aforesaid. 



The President, Coun- And further, in order that the aforesaid President, Council, and 

 nine^r monTof thenf Fellows of the aforesaid Royal Society may obtain the better success 

 (of whom, &c.), or the j n i\i e [ r philosophical studies, of our more ample special grace and of 



major part of such r 3 



nine or more, shall our certain knowledge and mere motion, we have given and granted, 



have the same right jv.i . /> u J J J 



to demand and receive and by these presents torus, our heirs, and successors do give and 

 assignsfthe^b^dies of grant, to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of the afore- 

 executed criminals, sa j(j Royal Society, and to their successors for ever, that they and 



and to anatomize J J ' 



them, as the College their successors, or any nine or more of them (of whom we will the 



of Physicians and the v ., ,.,..,. ,. ^ , , ., 



Company of Surgeons President tor the time being, or his Deputy, to be one), or the major 

 e n j oy n ( part of the aforesaid nine or more, may and shall have from time to 



time full power and authority to require, take, and receive from time 

 to time, and at such seasonable times, according to their discretion, 

 by their assign or assigns the bodies of such persons as have suffered 

 death by the hand of the executioner, and to anatomize them, in as 

 ample manner and form, and to all intents and purposes, as the 

 President of the College of Physicians and the Company of Surgeons 

 of our City of London (by whatsoever names the two aforesaid 

 corporations shall have been distinguished) have used or enjoyed, or 

 may be able and have power to use and enjoy, the same bodies. 

 Licence is given to And further, for the improvement of the experiments, arts, and 



them or any nine (as . c *.\* e -J r> i o j. * uj i 



last above), or the sciences oi the aioresaid Royal Society, or our more abundant special 

 - grace and of our certain knowledge and mere motion, we have given 

 anc ^ S ran ^ e ^ an( ^ ty these presents for us, our heirs, and successors do 



chanical subjects, give and grant, to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of 



with all sorts of i / i -r i <-i 



foreigners, by letters the aioresaid Royal Society, and to their successors tor ever, that they 



