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and to grant; ing); and also to give, grant, [demise,] and assign the 

 same lands, tenements, and hereditaments, goods and 

 chattels, and to do and execute all acts and things 

 necessary of and concerning the same, by the name 

 aforesaid; And that by the name of The President, 

 Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London 

 for promoting Natural Knowledge aforesaid, they may 



to sue and be henceforth for ever be able and have power to plead 

 and be impleaded, to answer and be answered, to defend 

 and be defended, in whatsoever Courts and places, and 

 before whatsoever Judges, Justices, and other persons 

 and officers of us, our heirs, and successors, in all and 

 singular actions, both real and personal, pleas, suits, 

 plaints, causes, matters, things, and demands whatsoever, 

 of whatsoever kind, nature, or sort they may or shall be, 

 in the sam^feianner and form as any of our lieges within 

 this our Realm of England, being persons able and capable 

 in law, or as any body corporate or politic within this our 

 Realm of England, may be able and have power to have, 

 acquire, receive, possess, give, and grant, to plead and 

 be impleaded, to answer and be answered, to defend or be 

 defended ; And that the same President, Council, and 

 Fellows of the Royal Society aforesaid and their successors 



and to have a for ever may have a Common Seal, to serve for transact- 



aitei-abie at ea ' ing all causes and affairs whatsoever of them and their 

 successors ; and that it may and shall be good and lawful 

 to the same President, Council, and Fellows of the 

 Royal Society aforesaid, and to their successors for the 

 time being, to break, change, and make anew that Seal 

 from time to time, as it shall seem most expedient to 

 them. 



Grant of Arms, We give and grant moreover by these presents to the 

 ' Dexter 1 * President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society 

 aforesaid, and to their successors for ever, in testimony 

 lso of a Crest, o f our rO yal favour towards them, and of our peculiar 



and Supporters. 



esteem for them, to the present and future ages, ther-e 

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

 dexter of a Shield argent three of our English Lions, 

 and for a Crest a helmet adorned with a crown chequered 

 with florets, which is surmounted by an eagle of natural 

 colour, holding with one foot a shield emblazoned with 

 our lions ; Supporters of the shield, two keen-scented 

 white hounds, the necks surrounded by crowns (as is to 

 be seen more clearly in the margin) ; to be borne, ex- 

 hibited, and possessed for ever by the aforesaid President, 



