History of the Royal Society

"Shall here present to the World, an Account of the First Institution of the Royal Society; and of the progress, which they have already made: in hope, that this Learned and Inquisitive Age, Will either think their Indeavours, worthy if its Assistance; or else will be thereby provok'd, to attempt some greater Enterprise (if any such can be found out) for the Benefit of humane life, by the Advancement of Real Knowledge."