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Record of the Royal Society. 



Licence to hold a 

 Literary Corre- 

 spondence, on 

 Philosophical, 

 Mathematical, or 

 Mechanical Sub- 

 jects, with all 

 sorts of 



Foreigners; by 

 Letters sealed 

 with the Common 

 Seal of the So- 

 ciety, and signed 

 by the President 

 in the presence of 

 the Council or 

 any seven or 

 more of them. 



Licence to build 

 a College or Col- 

 leges in London, 

 or within ten 

 miles of London. 



If any Abuses or 

 Differences 

 arise, they shall 

 be reformed and 

 settled by the 

 Lord Chancellor 

 Clarendon alone, 

 while living; 

 afterwards by the 

 Archbishop of 

 Canterbury, the 

 Lord Chancellor, 

 or K eeper, the 

 Lord Treasurer, 

 the Bishop of 

 London, the Lord 

 Privy Seal, and 

 the two Secre- 

 taries of State for 



ledge and mere motion, we have given and granted, and 

 by these presents for us, our heirs, and successors do 

 give and grant, to the aforesaid President, Council, and 

 Fellows of the aforesaid Royal Society, and to their suc- 

 cessors, that they and their successors from time to time 

 may and shall have full power and authority, by letters 

 or epistles under the hand of the aforesaid President, in 

 the presence of the Council, or of any seven or more of 

 them, and in the name of the Royal Society, and sealed 

 with their Common Seal aforesaid, to enjoy mutual intel- 

 ligence and knowledge 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 ^e aforesaid Royal Society in matters or 

 things philosophical, mathematical, or mechanical. 



And further we have given and granted, and by these 

 presents for us, our heirs, and successors do give and 

 grant to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of 

 the Royal Society aforesaid, and to their successors, full 

 power and authority to erect, build, and construct, or to 

 make or cause to be erected, built, and 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 successors do ordain, constitute, and appoint, 

 that if any .abuses or differences hereafter shall arise 

 and happen concerning the government or other matters 

 or affairs of the aforesaid Royal Society, whereby any 

 injury or hindrance may be done to the constitution, 

 stability, and progress of the studies, or to the matters 

 and affairs, of the same ; that then and so often, by 

 these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, we do 

 authorise, [ordain,] nominate, assign, and appoint our 

 aforesaid very well-beloved and very trusty Cousin and 

 Councillor Edward, Earl of Clarendon, our Chancellor of 

 our Realm of England, by himself during his life, and, 

 after his death, then the Archbishop of Canterbury, the 



