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heirs, an( i successors do ordain, and firmly enjoining do 

 the 0athof talrc comman( i, that the President of the Society aforesaid for 

 obedience ana the the time being, and his Deputies, before he or any of 

 tnacy, before the them be admitted to the execution of that office, shall 

 or more of them, take, and each of them shall take, as well the corporal 

 t P hdr a?ting oatll commonly called The Oath of Allegiance, as the 

 corporal oath, commonly called The Oath of Supremacy, 

 upon the holy Gospels of God, before the Council of the 

 same Society, or any seven or more of them : to which 

 same Council, or to any seven or more of them, we give and 

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

 full power and authority to administer the oaths aforesaid 

 from time to time, whensoever it shall be needful. 



Provided always, and our Royal will and intention is, 

 that the lands and premises aforesaid granted by these 

 presents, as it is aforesaid, or any of them, shall not be 

 alienated or sold to any person or persons whomsoever ; 

 anything in these presents contained to the contrary 

 thereof notwithstanding. 



Although express mention of the true yearly value or 

 of the certainty of the premises or of any of them, or of 

 other gifts or grants before these times made by us or by 

 any of our progenitors or predecessors to the aforesaid 

 President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of 

 London, and to their successors, is not made in these 

 presents ; or any statute, act, ordinance, provision, procla- 

 mation, or restriction to the contrary thereof heretofore 

 had, made, enacted, ordained, or provided, or any other 

 thing, cause, or matter whatsoever, in anywise notwith- 

 standing. 



In witness whereof we have caused these our Letters to 

 be made Patent. Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the 

 eighth day of April, in the twenty-first year of our reign. 



By writ of Privy Seal. 



PIGOTT. 



