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Terra. Filiut. xxv. readin? over the pretended charge o1: crimes re?if'- tred i? it, and Mr. Meadowcourt's plea, tke//?3r decreed that his crimes were wiped off lay die aC/of $ra?e, and that his name fhould be put out of the illark Boof. The next eongrtgatio? (which is a meeting of' the members of the univetfity to grant degrees) he flood )?r his grace, which was deny'd (as was fur. pe&ed ) by Mr. White. The fecond time he fIooel for his grate, he was deny'd, as it was fuppofed, by a mailer of nrta og yef_us college. the who denies any body his grace, But :g?fOn being obli I to give his realohs for it the third time, and having nothing to alledge againIt Mr.!tlea- dowcourt, tinct the a?, of which he pleaded the be- nefit, took place, his grate was granted the third time he flood for it; mid the next eongregatio; h: Was prefented to his degree. _ ' Thus aid he at length efm?_ out of the hands of his mercildi enemies and l?_fecutors, who, by this one inihnce, in every i?ep they took, feem'd deii- rous to convince people what hardlhips, injuries, opprefflons and difcoura meats, they keep m 1tore for thole men, who h?lent?y dare to affront the univerfi?y, by honouring King George anfl the l?ro - I ha?te pur/h? this affair through all its various fcenes corruption, and prevarication, fairly a?d f parthlity, honelily, without concealing any thing ur which was_ g'd againIt Mr. t�lcad?eourt? or char- ging the o2Fcen of the univerfity with any method (h0we?,er ?emingly tov/ufl and arbitrary) which they did not take upon'this octorion :?and I now leave the world to ju :, whether I have not made dgMr. Mead?court fuffered all my �ge good, that this for his affe&ioa to King G?orge? and was o- i:ligetl tO plead his majelty's a& of'gra? for drink.