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And his Majesty hath nominated, &c. the Persons following, His trusty and well-beloved Sir Robert Moray Knight, one of his Privy Council in his Kingdom of Scotland, Robert Boyle Esquire, William Brereton Esquire, eldest Son to the Lord Brereton, Sir Kenelme Digby Knight, Chancellor to his dearest Mother Queen Mary, Sir Gilbert Talbot Knight, Master of his Jewelhouse, Sir Paul Neile Knight, one of the Ushers of his Privy Chamber, Henry Slingsby Esquire, one of the Gentlemen of His said Privy Chamber, Sir William Petty Knight, Timothy Clark, Doctor of Physick, and one of his Physicians, John Wilkins Doctor of Divinity, George Ent Doctor of Physick, William Erskyne Esquire, one of his Cupbearers, Jonathan Goddard Doctor of Physick, William Ball Esquire, Matthew Wren Esquire, John Evelyn Esq. Thomas Henshaw Esquire, Dudley Palmer of Grays-Inn Esquire, Abraham Hill of London Esquire, and Henry Oldenburg Esquire, together with the President aforesaid, to be the first and Modern 21. of the Council and Fellows of the Royal Society aforesaid, to be continued in the Offices of the Council aforesaid, from the Date of the Patent to the Feast of St. Andrew next following, and from thence till other fit Persons be chosen into the said Offices. The said Persons to be sworn before the President of the Society, for the time being, well and truly to execute the said Offices, according to the Form and Effect of the aforesaid Oath to be administered to the President by the Lord Chancellor as aforesaid, For the administring which Oath to the said Persons, and all others hereafter from time to time to be chosen into the said Council, full Power and Authority 1s granted to the President for the time being: And the said Persons duly sworn, and all other