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presents for us, our heirs, and successors do give and grant to the Printer.., 

 aforesaid Council and Fellows of the aforesaid Royal Society, and to 

 their successors, full power and authority from time to time to elect, 



nominate, and appoint one or more Typographers or Printers, and Common &*i, and 



, , -G, j , , . signed by the Preri- 



Chalcographers or Engravers, and to grant to him or them, by a dent, to , . 



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 by the President mi 



aforesaid [Royal] Society, as shall have been 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 President for the time 



being to be one) ; their corporal oaths first to be taken, before they be They must be first 



admitted to exercise their offices, before the President and Council for 3SiSofc 



the time being, or any seven or more of them, in the form and effect %*** or more of 



last specified ; to which same President and Council, or to any seven 



or more of them, we do give and grant by these presents full power 



and authority to administer the oaths aforesaid. 



And further, in order that the aforesaid President, Council, and The same right to 

 Fellows of the aforesaid Royal Society may obtain the better effect in anatomize the bodies 





their philosophical studies, of our more ample special grace and of our 



certain knowledge and mere motion, we have given and granted, and 



by these presents for us, our heirs, and successors, do give and grant, Corporation oisur- 



to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of the aforesaid JTuse. 



Royal Society, and to their successors, that they and their successors 



from time to time may and shall have full power and authority from 



time to time, and at such 1 seasonable times, according to their 



discretion, to require, take, and receive the bodies of such persons as 



have suffered death by the hand of the executioner, and to anatomize 



them, in such ample form and manner, and to all intents and purposes, 



as the College of Physicians and the Corporation of Surgeons of our 



City of London have used or enjoyed, or may be able and have power 



to use or enjoy, the same bodies. 



And further, for the improvement of the experiments, arts, and 

 sciences of the aforesaid Royal Society, of our more abundant special 

 grace and of our certain knowledge and mere motion, we have given Licence to hold a 

 and granted, and by these presents for us, our heirs, and successors do dence, on Phiiosophi- 

 give and grant, to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of the 

 aforesaid Royal Society, and to their successors, that they and their 



successors from time to time may and shall have full power and sealed with the Com- 

 authority, by letters or epistles under the hand of the aforesaid society, 



1 So in the original. 

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