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yet It is prefumed, that more will fliortly follow from the 
fame hands, 
A Declaration of the Council of the Ro^al 
Society^ pafled 1676; relating 
to fome PaflTages in a lace Book ofMv.Hooke 
entituled Lampas^is^c. 
WHereas the Publijhtr of the Philofophical 
Tranfaftions hath made cmplaint to the 
Council of the Royal Society of fome PaJ^ages in a 
lateBookof A/r. Hooke , entituled L^impzs^ &cc. and 
printed by the Printer of the faid Society , reflef^ing on 
the integrity and faithfulmfs of the faid Publifher in hk 
management of the Intelligence of the faid Society : 
This Council hath thought fit to declare in the behalf of 
the Publifher aforefaid ^ That thg knew nothing of the 
Publication of the faid Book; and further ^ That the 
faid Publifber hath carried himfelf faithfully andhohefilj 
in the management cf the Intelligence of the Royal 
Society 5 and given no pji caufe of fuch BefleSiiom. 
THe Council having thus juftified the Publinjer he fiiall 
only add that parr of a Letter, written to hiiiibvM. 
Chripan HugeNS de Zulichem che zoth. of February ^675, 
which relates to the taking our a Parent of his , the faid M, 
Hugens's^ Invention ; aad then let the world judge of the Poft- 
fcrsber's accufation about an endeavowr of defrauding him of 
fe/tf. Contrivance : The words of the faid Letter, Engliflied^are 
|thefe; 
Fortherefi^ Sir, if you believe^ that a FtivUedge (fo he 
m\hdL Patent) England mM be worth [cmething^ and that 
I either 
