Translation of the codicil to the will of George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Brunswick and Lüneburg

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& Tutelage, stands void of course, together with the yearly Emolument of One hundred thousand Dollars, allowed on that account, as our Grand Son, the Prince of Wales, has now attained the years of majority, fixed by the Laws of the Empire. As for the rest we confirm the said Our last Will of the 3/14th of April 1751. and Our Codicil, made on the same Day, in all their Articles & clauses; and it is our will, and we do expresly declare hereby that the said our testamentary Dispositions, so far as they are not abrogated by this Codicil, shall retain their full vigour & validity. In witness of which, we have set our hand & Seal to three Copies of the same tenor, of this Our Codicil, which we have ordered to be laid to our said Will of the 3/14. April 1751. and our Codicil of the same date, and have caused it be signed & sealed with their Signets, by the five underwritten Witnesses, called to that purpose, & dispensed [[underline]] [[foreign:Latin]] quoad hunc actum [[/foreign]] [[/underline]] with their Oath of Allegiance. Transacted at our palace at Kensington the 6th day of October 1757. the thirty first of our Reign. George R.


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