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and patronage of the Society by the King : "An 

 enterprise equal to the most renowned actions of the 

 best Princes. For, to increase the powers of mankind, 

 and to free them from the bondage of errors, is a 

 greater glory than to enlarge empires, or to put chains 

 on the necks of conquered nations." The Charter of 

 Incorporation is dated July 1662, and in the April of 

 the following year, a second Charter granting further 

 privileges passed the Great Seal. A third Charter was 

 granted in 1669, but it is by that of 1663 that the 

 Society has since been governed. The King continued 

 to take a deep interest in the progress and welfare of 

 his new foundation, an interest which was shared by 

 his brother, James, Duke of York, and by his cousin. 

 Prince Rupert ; the latter, though best known as the 

 dashing leader of the RoyaUst Cavalry during the 

 Civil War, was also distinguished for his interest in 

 Science, and for his service to Art by introducing into 

 England mezzotint engra\'ing, a process he had learnt 

 directly from the inventor, L. von Siegen. 



In 1663 a warrant was issued authorising the 

 delivery of " one guilt mace, being a gifte from His 

 Maiestie." This mace was for many years believed 

 to be identical with the famous " bauble " so rudely 

 dealt with by Cromwell, but the discovery, in 1846, 

 of the original warrant mentioned above finally dis- 

 pelled this belief. An engraving of the Society's mace, 

 however, actually appeared as an illustration in 

 Scott's Woodstock,^ accompanied by a statement that 

 it represented the " bauble mace " belonging to the 

 Long Parliament. King Charles also granted to the 

 Society very honourable Armorial Bearings, which 

 are described in the second Charter as follows : " These 

 following blazons of honour, that is to say, in the 

 dexter comer of a silver shield our three Lions of 

 England, and for Crest a helm adorned with a crown 

 studded with florets, surmounted by an eagle of 

 proper colour holding in one foot a shield charged 

 with our lions ; to be borne, exhibited, and possessed 

 for ever." - 



In the Society's Charter Book, a superbly em- 

 blazoned volume bound in crimson velvet, with gold 

 clasps and comers, the first three signatures are — 

 Charles R., Founder, — James, Fellow, — Rupert, 

 Fellow. In connection with this historic tone the 

 following entry was made by Samuel Pepys in his 

 Diary under the date January 9, 1665 : " I saw the 

 Royal Society bring their new book wherein is nobly 

 WTit their Charter and Laws, and comes to be signed 

 by the Duke ' as a Fellow ; and all the Fellows hands 

 are to be entered there, and lie as a Monument ; and 

 the King hath put his with the word Founder." In 



' Abbotsford Edition of The Waverley Novels. 



- Translated from the original Latin. 



' James, Duke of York, aftervvards King James II. 



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