ble that all things here below are ſubject to miſinterpretations and falſe lights; and therefore would not fix ſo publick a brand upon my book upon hearſay, nor cenſure it in this manner, without giving it the moſt ſerious and deliberate puruſal. I cannot, I ſay, believe this, notwithſtanding the ſtrongeſt aſſertions and moſt plauſible arguments, which I have met with to the contrary.
As to what I have written, in common with the Doctor aforeſaid, concerning the Univerſity, I am ſo far from being convinced, that I have ſaid too much, that I am daily advertiſed by ſeveral friends and correſpondents from Oxford, that I have omitted many particulars, which it is proper to animadvert upon, in order to compleat the Secret Hiſtory of that place; and I have therefore, in compliance with their requeſt, reſolved to reſume this work, and continue to publiſh ſome part of it every Act-Term, till the whole is finiſhed, and the ſubject fully exhauſted: ſo that although, it has, of late years, and eſpecially ſince his Majeſty's acceſſion, been thought expedient (for ſeveral good reaſons, no doubt) to lay aſide the ſolemnity of a Publick Act, and it is very uncertain when Terræ-Filius will be able to regain his antient privileges
