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66 Terre-Filius. NO "his grace. fl?all undergo the examination of a Re' "gent.mailer. The pcrfon to be ?xami, ed is obliged; the day l?e- fore his examinations, to a?x a ?rogramm? on fore- n! publick places in the univerfi?y, figni?yieg nzme, what ?ege he ?1ongs to, and what The ?tsce ap?int? for th? examinmio.? f,oot. of t:e phces in the univerfity) the ?ar fr?m ?ine 'till et?en in the morning. during all which time tl:e candidate is oblig? to flay there i ?d :gain ?om in the afternoon. if ?e examiner thinks ?t, as long he-pleares. The arts or i%;en?et, in which the candidate is to be exam;?ld, are thofe in which, acct;rdiog to the fla. tutes of theuni"erfity, l?e is obliged to hear t?ubhck le?ures: befide? which, heis to ee oxamin'd in the Claff?s, and to return all his anfwe? as fluently and properly in Latin, as he could in his m?tker tongue. Thele examir, ersate(or ought to l:,c) appointed by the fen?orpro8or, who adminifters anontb to them to this effi:?q. "That they' will either examine, or hear exami- "ned, all candidate?, that fall to their lot? in tho�e "arts and fciences, and in thch manner a, the tta- '? tute requires. "Likewife, that they will not he prevail d upon "by intreatlea or bribe:? or hatred or friendChip, or "hopeor fear, to grant any one a teflimonium, who "does not deftrye it, or to deny i? to any one that Now this, again, looks all very air and fitisfac- . tory: but let us examine the praeqtce, not the theory ? ?he execution of the fia?ut?, and not the ttatute.; them/?Ives. The meaning of'the fla:ute ?n ordering the candi- datea to be examined in tlao�� art? md .?itn?es, in whi?