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Deputy, to be always one), or to the major part of the 

 aforesaid twenty- one or more, full power and authority 

 from time to time to elect, nominate, and appoint one or 

 more Typographers or Printers, and Chalcographers or 

 Engravers, and to grant to him or them, by a writing 

 sealed with the Common Seal of the aforesaid Royal 

 Society, and signed by the hand of the President for the 

 time being, faculty to print such things, matters, and 

 affairs touching or concerning the aforesaid Royal Society 

 as shall be committed to the aforesaid Typographer or 

 Printer, Chalcographer or Engraver, or Typographers or 

 Printers, Chalcographers, or Engravers, from time to- 

 time, by the President and Council of the aforesaid Royal 

 Society, or any seven or more of them (of whom we will 

 the Presujent for the time being, or his Deputy, to be one), 

 or by the major part of the aforesaid seven or more ; 

 their corporal oaths to be first taken, before they be 

 admitted to exercise their offices, before the President 

 and Council for the time being, or any seven or more of 

 them; to which same President and Council, or to any 

 seven or more of them for the time being, we gave and 

 granted by our aforesaid Letters Patent full power and 

 authority to administer the oaths aforesaid ; as in our 

 same Letters Patent, reference being had thereto, it is 

 more fully shown and appears : 

 This Charter di- We, of our more abundant special grace and of our 



rects that the 



President^ certain knowledge and mere motion, have given and 

 granted, and by these presents for us, our heirs, and suc- 

 cessors do give and grant, to the aforesaid President, 

 Council, and Fellows of the aforesaid Royal Society, and 

 to their successors for ever, that from henceforth for ever 

 if it shall happen that the President of the same Royal 

 Society for the time being is detained by sickness or 

 infirmity, or is employed in the service of us, our heirs, 

 or successors, or is otherwise occupied, so that he cannot 

 attend to the necessary affairs of the same Royal Society 

 touching the office of President ; that then and so often it 

 may and shall be good and lawful to the same President, 

 so being detained, employed, or occupied, to nominate and 

 appoint one of the Council of the aforesaid Royal Society 

 for the time being to be and become the Deputy of the 

 same President; which same Deputy, so to be made and 

 appointed in the office of Deputy of the President afore- 

 said, may and shall be the Deputy of the same President 

 from time to time, as often as it shall happen that the 



