2,6 Gcorgii II. 
Legacy shall become payable as aforesaid, 
towards purchasing such Manuscripts, Books 
of Antiquities, ancient Coins, Medals, and 
other Curiosities, as may be worthy to increase 
and enlarge the said Library ; and that the 
Acquittance of any Person or Persons autho- 
rized by the said Trustees, or the major Part 
of them, in a General Meeting assembled to 
receive the said Legacy of Seven thousand 
Pounds, shall be, and be accepted as a suffi- 
cient Discharge to the Executors and Repre- 
sentatives of the saidTestator, for the Payment 
of the said Legacy. 
And whereas the Right Honourable Hen- 
rietta Cavendish Holies, Countess of Oxford 
and Countess Mortimer, Relict of Edward 
Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, and the 
Most Noble Margaret Cavendish Dutchess of 
Portland their only Daughter, have expressed 
their Approbation of a Proposal for the Pur- 
chase of the valuable Collection of Manu- 
scripts, collected by the said Earl, and by 
Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer his 
Father, in Consideration of the Sum of Ten 
thousand Pounds, upon Condition that the 
same shall be kept together in a proper 
Repository, as an Addition to the Cottonian 
