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Record of the Iloyal Society. 



All Powers, &c., 

 which could not 

 be exercised 

 heretofore but by 

 the President and 

 Council, or seven 

 or more of them, 

 may for the 

 future be exer- 

 cised by the 

 President and 

 Council, or any 

 five or more of 

 them. 



For the future, 

 the President 

 may appoint one 

 Printer or more, 

 and one Engraver 

 or more, and 

 authorise him or 

 them to print 

 such things 

 {touching or con- 

 cerning the Royal 

 Society) as shall 

 be given to him 

 or them in 

 charge by the 

 President and 

 Council, or any 

 Jive or more of 

 "them (of whom 

 the President or 

 his Deputy to be 

 one), or by the 

 major part of 

 such five or more. 



They must be 

 first sworn before 

 the President and 

 Council, or any 

 jive or more of 

 them. 



General confir- 

 matory Clause?. 



often as and whenever it shall be needful, in a College 

 or Hall or other convenient place within our Realm of 

 England : 



And further, that all and singular things, powers, 

 liberties, and privileges in our aforesaid Letters Patent 

 granted to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows 

 of the Royal Society aforesaid, by virtue of those our 

 Letters Patent, which are not to be exercised, done, per- 

 formed, or executed save by the aforesaid President and 

 Council, or any seven or more of them ; henceforth for 

 ever may and shall be able to be exercised, done, per- 

 formed, or executed by the aforesaid President and 

 Council, or any five or more of them. 



And further, of our more abundant grace, 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 successors for ever, that henceforth 

 for ever it may and shall be good and lawful to the 

 President of the Royal Society aforesaid for the time 

 being, from time to time, to elect, nominate, and appoint 

 any Typographer or Printer, Typographers or Printers, 

 and Chalcographer or Engraver, Chalcographers or En- 

 gravers, and to grant to him or them faculty to print such 

 things, matters, and affairs touching or concerning the 

 aforesaid Royal Society as shall be committed to the afore- 

 said Typographer or Printer, Chalcographer or Engraver, 

 or Typographers or Printers, Chalcographers or Engra- 

 vers, from time to time, by the President and Council of the 

 aforesaid Royal Society, or any five or more of them (of 

 whom we will the President for the time being, or his 

 Deputy, to be one), or by the major part of the aforesaid 

 five or more ; their corporal oaths to be first taken, before 

 they be admitted to exercise their offices, before the Presi- 

 dent and Council for the time being, or any five or more of 

 them; and so as often as the case shall so happen : to which 

 same President and Council for the time being, or to any 

 five or more of them, we give and grant by these 

 presents full power and authority to administer the oaths 

 aforesaid. 



And further we will, and by these presents for us, our 

 heirs, and successors do grant to the aforesaid President, 

 Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society aforesaid and 

 to their successors, that these our Letters Patent, or the 

 Enrolment of the same, shall stand and be in and by all 



