that by the said name of Master, Wardens, and Society of the Art and Mystery of Apothecaries of the City of _London_, they should and might be able to plead and be impleaded, and might have for ever a common Seal; and the same Seal at their pleasure from time to time might break, change, alter, and new make, as to them should seem best. And his said Majesty did, by his said Letters Patent, ordain and grant unto the said Master, Wardens, and Society of the Art and Mystery of Apothecaries aforesaid, certain Ordinances, Rules and Regulations, to be observed, kept, and maintained by them, as in the said Charter are more fully expressed. _And whereas_ some of the Clauses and Provisions contained in the said recited Charter, so far as the same regard the said Society of Apothecaries, have been found inadequate for the purposes thereby intended, and it is therefore expedient that the same should be altered, varied, and enlarged, and further and other Provisions made; May it therefore please Your MAJESTY, That it may be enacted; _And be it Enacted_ by the KING’S Most Excellent MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, that the said recited Charter of the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King _James_ the First, and all and every the Powers, Provisions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Regulations, Clauses, matters and things therein contained (save and except such part or parts thereof as are hereby altered, varied, or repealed), shall be, and the same is and are hereby declared to be in full force and virtue, and shall be as good, valid, and effectual, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as if this Act had not been made.