EARLY HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



century the Council resolved that the porter should be 

 furnished with a livery, which he still wears. 



Here the Society continued to meet, until in 1780 rooms 

 in Somerset House were placed at their disposal by the 

 Government. In 1857, the apartments at Somerset House 

 being required for Government offices, the Society was 

 temporally accommodated in that part of Burlington 

 House which is now occupied by the Royal Academy of 

 Arts. When the new wings and the gateway were added 

 to Burlington House in 1873, the Society took up the 

 permanent residence which it now occupies in the east 

 wing. (Plates II. and III.) 



The Armorial Bearings granted by the Royal Founder 

 are described in the second Charter in the following words : 

 ' These following blazons of honour, that is to say, in the 

 dexter corner of a silver shield our three Lions of England, 

 and for Crest a helm adorned with a crown studded with 

 florets, surmounted by an eagle of proper colour holding 

 in one foot a shield charged with our lions : Supporters, 

 two white hounds gorged with crowns; to be borne, ex- 

 hibited, and possessed for ever (Translation.) 



The apt Horatian motto, Nullius in verba, was selected 

 from several mottoes suggested by Evelyn. Among the 

 others were, Et augebitur Scientia, Omnia probate, and 

 Rerum cognoscere causas. Evelyn himself would have 

 preferred Omnia explorate, meliora retinete. 



The Charter-Book was opened in 1664-1665. It is 

 bound in crimson velvet with gold clasps and corners, 



