TRANSLATION OF SECOND CHARTER 93 



and their successors, or any nine or more of them (of whom we will signed by the Presi- 

 the President for the time being, or his Deputy, to I* one), or the 



major part of the aforesaid nine or more, may and shall have from Council, or any seven 



. J i or more of them, and 



time to time full power and authority, by letters or epistles under in the name of the 

 the hand of the aforesaid President or his Deputy, in the presence of 

 the Council, or of any seven or more of them, and in the name of the 

 Royal Society, to enjoy mutual intelligence and affairs with all and 

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

 corporate or politic, without any molestation, interruption, or dis- 

 turbance 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. 

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



i . i j j ii / i i- President. Council. 



us, our heirs, and successors do give and grant to the aforesaid Presi- an d Fellows, or to the 

 dent, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society aforesaid, and to SfJ 



their successors for ever, or to the President and Council of the Roval of them, to build a 



" College or Colleges in 



Society aforesaid, or the major part of them, full power and authority London, or within ten 



to erect, build, and construct, or to make or cause to be erected, 



built, or 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. 



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



, , . . , . , happen, or differences 



successors do ordain, constitute, and appoint, that it any abuses or arise, they shall be re- 



differences hereafter shall arise and happen concerning the govern- [h^ 



ment or other matters or affairs of the aforesaid Royal Society, (Lord chancellor) 



J "' alone, while living ; 



whereby any injury or hindrance may be done to the constitution, and after his death 



L u-lM. J f4.U J- 4.1. J of ' by the Archbishop of 



stability, and progress or the studies, or to the matters and affairs, of Canterbury, the Chan- 



the same ; that then and so often, by these presents, for us, our heirs, Great ^ai^ 

 and successors, we do authorize, nominate, assign, and appoint our 



aforesaid very well-beloved and very trusty Cousin and Councillor *nd tw Principal 



^ 11 /. i /> IT Secretaries, for tho 



Edward, Earl of Clarendon, our Chancellor of our Realm of England, time being, or any 



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 Keeper of the Privy Seal, the Bishop 



of London, 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. 



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

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



