particular places are appointed by the 1tatutes of the univerfity. I doubt not, my reader will be furpriz'd at this, after [ have complained that no qualifications fbr de- gree? are required as to the learuling of the candidates and will reaJily ask what more pmdentiaI method could pofiibly be taken to exclude all t?qu?li3'dper- forts, than this is ? But his aaoni?ment will abate, when he finds that the candidate? are fo fir from at- tending, as is ?riOly required by aatute, upon there leSures, that there are no fuch leOures read in any of the faculties, except mt?ck and poetry, as hath ?een obtbrved in a former * paper. And yet, bef6re any perfort can obtain his degree, he ts o&gcd ta fuppttcate b :he effort who ro- po!?s h?s gr?ce/for a d?pe?(ation for his non-men- d'ance at there leOure? ? thch is the mode?y of th[ Do?Js, that they negle& their duty, and oblige the ?11ows to ask ?ar?n, and pay for it. It cannot theretore be argued any where, but the eonvoeati?.hou? at Oxvo?, that a perton 5ryes his degree, becaufe he ought to deferve it; the- te? laws, when they ?come dead letters, aven0 laws and a {ual?tion, whi? is difpenf?d with, i? no. ?t?ai?atiou. Examinagon is the next te? required of every didate5 let us therefore fee whether there is an 7 thing more in this, than in the others. Theflatute? which enjoins this ceremony, begin? with this preamble, "That the congregation of Re- gent-mafiers may be the better apprm d of the learn "ing and proficienc[ in good letters ot all perfon, "who take de?rees m arts :-- It is cna?ed, that "every on% before he ia admitted to fupplicate for' , ,t his. Numb, X.
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