88 RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



of twenty-one per-on-. of the Council of the Royal Society aforesaid; 



and that he or they so elected and appointed in that office may have 



the xaine office until the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle then next 



following, and thenceforth until one other or several others shall 



i elected, appointed, and nominated; first taking a corporal 



ire the President and Council of the Royal Society aforesaid, 



\ en or more of them (of whom we will the President for the 



time being, or his Deputy, to be always one), well and faithfully to 



ite that office in and by all things touching that office, according 



to the true intention of these- presents. 



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



ssora do grant to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows 



f the aforesaid Royal Society, and to their successors [for ever], that 



hev and their successors, or any thirty-one or more of them (of 



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whom we will the President tor the time being, or his Deputy, to be 

 ! \\a\s one), or the major part of the aforesaid thirty-one or more, 

 every year, on the aforesaid feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, may 

 and shall have full power and authority to elect, nominate, appoint, 

 and change ten of the Fellows of the Royal Society aforesaid, to fill 

 up the places and offices of ten of the aforesaid number of twenty-one 

 of the Council of the Royal Society aforesaid ; for we do declare it to 

 be our royal pleasure, and by these presents for us, our heirs, and 

 *Bon we do grant, that ten of the aforesaid Council, and no 

 more, shall be annually changed and amoved by the President, 

 Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society aforesaid. 



We will also, and for us, our heirs, and successors do grant to the 







aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of the aforesaid Royal 



Society, and to their successors for ever, that if it shall happen that 



Hie 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 lUCCetton, or is otherwise occupied, so that he shall not 



be able to attend to the necessary affairs of the same Royal Society 



touching the office of President, that then and so often it may and 



shall l>e good and lawful to the same President so detained, employed 



or occupied, to nominate and appoint one of the Council of the 



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 aforesaid, may 



nd shall be the Deputy of the same President from time to tinx 



be aforesaid President, shall happen to be so absent, during 



Hie whole, time in which the aforesaid President shall continue in the 



!<-nt ; unless in the meanwhile the aforesaid President of 



tn '' ' aforesaid for the time being shall have made and 



