thoroughly efficient and complete, as a Patent of Incorporation, it failed in giving the Society certain privileges essential to their welfare.

A summary of the required powers was given by Sir Robert Moray, to Sir Henry Bennett, then Secretary of State, through whose intercession a second Charter was granted to the Society, supplying the desired privileges, and retaining all the clauses of Incorporation contained in the first Charter.

At a meeting on the 25th March, 1663, Sir Robert Moray informed the Society, that the King had signed the second Charter, on which it was ordered that "the thanks of the Society should be given to Sir Henry Bennett for his favour and care." The Patent finally passed the Great Seal on the 22nd of April.

This document, which is of greater importance than the first Charter, is contained in the Appendix.

CHAPTER VII.

Evelyn's Designs for the Society's Armorial Bearings-Grant of Arms by the King-Registered in the Herald's College-First Meeting of the Council-Obligation of Fellows-Business of the Society-Mace given by Charles II.-Described-Curious popular belief of its being the celebrated "Bauble"-Account of the Bauble-Mace-Letter from Mr. Swifte, Keeper of the Regalia-Warrant for making the Mace for the Royal Society.

1660-65.

the reader has referred to the second Charter, he will probably have noticed that a grant of Arms was made to the Society'. Smith, in his Historical and Literary Curiosities, gives a series of sketches copied from original drawings, of designs for the armorial ensigns and cyphers for the Royal Society, traced by Evelyn. The designs are headed, "Arms and Mottoes proposed for ye Royal Society, 1660," and signed J. Evelyn. The first represents a vessel under sail, with the motto Et Augebitur Scientia. The second escutcheon is parted per fesse, Argent and Sable, a hand appears, issuing from clouds, holding a plumb-line, and underneath is the motto, Omnia probate. (1 Thess. v. 21.) In this sketch there appears to have been an intention of introducing the Royal Augmentation afterwards given to the Society, as there is an escutcheon in the dexter-chief. The third shield exhibits two telescopes extended in saltire, the objectglasses upwards; and on a chief argent, the earth and

1 These are, a shield Argent, on a quarter Gules, and three lions of England in pale. A representation of them will be found elsewhere.