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z 8 Terre.Filius. N�he ttrength of theft: promi/?$, he waited .above half a year in Zendon, and then returned to oxford. A?er his return, the tenfiitutioners never met again together, either publick!y or privately, as a club. Since the deccare of this fo?iety, Whiggifrn itiblf in oxford has alme_.lt expir'd. The Whlg 5 being now without leaders, and Without a center of unity, are ?,atter'd and broken into different parties and tic'lions 2mong themselves. Many have revolted to the Tory part.y, either out of fear of difgrace and opptcl: lion, or In hopes of academical honour and p, el?r. merits. The rel!, though they 11ill ret,ain their in- tegfity, yet they are too well convincd that they t;ught to moderate and reitrain their zeal for the bat cauti= in the world, fince the merit of fu2?ring f?r it ha? txcn their only re?oard. CONCLUSION'. i l?ve now Liened this undertaking, and I hol?e, in rome meafure, fulfilled all thole promires which I made to royreaders. when l'firlt. let out. I rub. mir what I have written to the judgment of all thole unprejudiced perfons who &fire to t?e a faithful account of' the 1tate of the uni?,erfity of oxford, at the beginning of his prefent majetly? reign: a? fuch I will venture to recommend th?s book to their peruill, and if i have ?e happincf? to obtain their good opinion, I fhall fit down very eafi, under all thot? ?arther cenfures and cahmnic$, which the republication of there papers will inevita- bly draw upon me. FINIS.