Page:Terræ-filius- or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford.djvu/225

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N �IL %.er j?rget tho�e pertons * who difiir, guifhed ?V their zeal upon this From all which we had the greateft reafon in the world to ho?e, that, having with the utmo(t difficut- �y, and ,?ven not without tiringlog our lives ?nd our efl,.?tes in danger, accomplifh'd our defires? and efta- blifh'd a PuoTes:at?.'?, KIs? to reign overus,we enould have all tho/? gr?eva?ces redreffed, and all thofi? d/f- eouragemv?t? removed, which we dreaded in a K?v?. and for which a!one the Puovesa'.? c?sf?o? was ju?ly undertaken, ftrenuoufly pur�ued, ?r:d n? length glorioufly comf, leated. What uf thi? nature has been done, I leave every one to)udge5 but I am lure, there is o? Tm? left ?;r,lor% and t?at is. the j9curi.g to thoy? ?rfons, who fiic,',k,i ze,,louj7y for the t>refi?t government, beforeit was eflab!!fl:'d, tkofi common rights and privileges, wh:?b. now it is efiablifh'cl, his maj?y's worii-affea- ed fubjec'ts e,.j6_v above them.---1 mean the �ION OF THE UNIYERSITIES, For, tilt this is done, to cal[ your fell a Wm? at Oxvo?.. or to a& like one, o(to lie under the fut- picicn of being one, is the time as to be attainted and cttt,?an,'d3 you will be difcourag'd and brow-bea- ten in your own college, and difqualified for prefer- ment in any other5 your company will be avoided, and your character abufedi you will certainly Iofe '),our D�?utt, and at Ia(t,, i?erhai?, upon rome ?re- tence or other? be expelld. Why this Rzro.s?v?oe of the univerfities has been 1 ) thus long cle:ay d, feveral reaions have been affign d, l:ut whether any of them are the true ones, is very much to be doubted. Some impute it to the multi- 1Sicity of affairs which have, from timeto time, en- gag'd all the application of the government, ever fince his �i mj m mm See hi? majttty's ftrlt �i?eeda to his parliament,