Record of the Royal Society. 



the first Presi- 

 dent ; to continm 

 so till the next 

 St. Andrew's 

 Day, and till 

 another (out of 

 the Council) 

 should be choker 

 and sworn. 



He himself to be 

 first sworn in he- 

 fore the Lord 

 Chancellor. 



The President's 

 Oath, 



The first Council 

 named. 



a foresaid ; willing that the aforesaid William, Viscount 

 Brouncker, shall continue in the office of President of 

 the Royal Society aforesaid from the date of these presents 

 until the feast of St. Andrew next following after the date 

 of these presents, and until one other of the Council of the 

 Royal Society aforesaid for the time being shall have been 

 elected, appointed, and sworn to that office in due manner, 

 according to the ordinance and provision below in these 

 presents expressed and declared (if the aforesaid William, 

 Viscount Brouncker, shall live so long) ; having first taken 

 a corporal oath well and faithfully to execute [his office] 

 in and by all things touching that office, according to 

 the true intention of these presents, before our very well- 

 beloved and very trusty Cousin and Councillor Edward, 

 Earl of Clarendon, our Chancellor of England : to which 

 same Edwfflid, Earl of Clarendon, our Chancellor afore- 

 said, we give and grant full power and authority to 

 administer the oath aforesaid in these words following r 

 that is to say : 



I, William, Viscount Brouncker, do promise to deal 

 faithfully and honestly in all things belonging to the- 

 trust committed to me, as President of the Royal Society 

 of London for improving Natural Knowledge, during my 

 employment in that capacity. So help me God ! 



We have also assigned, constituted, and made, and by 

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

 cur beloved and trusty Robert Moray, Knight, one of 

 our Privy Council in our Realm of Scotland ; Robert 

 Boyle, Esquire ; William Brereton, Esquire, eldest son of 

 the Baron de Brereton ; Kenelm Digby, Knight, Chancellor 

 to our very dear mother, Queen Maria ; Gilbert Talbot, 

 Knight, Treasurer of our Jewels; Paul Neile, Knight, 

 one of the Ushers of our Privy Chamber ; Henry Slingesby, 

 Esquire, one of the Gentlemen of oar aforesaid Privy 

 Chamber ; William Petty, Knight ; Timothy Clarke, 

 Doctor in Medicine and one of our Physicians; John 

 Wilkins, Doctor in Divinity ; George Ent, Doctor in 

 Medicine ; William Aerskine, one of our Cup-bearers ; 

 Jonathan Goddard, Doctor in Medicine and Professor of 

 Gresham College; William Balle, Esquire; Matthew 

 Wren, Esquire ; John Evelyn, Esquire ; Thomas Henshaw, 

 Esquire; Dudley Palmer, of Grey's Inn, in our County of 

 Middlesex, Esquire ; Abraham Hill, of London, Esquire ; 

 and Henry Oldenburg, Esquire, together with the Presi- 

 dent afoi-esaid, to be and become the first and present 



