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xx limits of the Queen's Kingdom of Ireland, without her special Licence.

The next clause of the Charter defines the privileges of students, as members of the University, in reference to the right of obtaining Degrees in all Arts and Faculties. The words are important: " Cum gradus quosdam in Artibus et Facultatibus constitui litcris fuisse adjumento compertum sit, ordinamus per præsentes, ut studiosi in hoc Collegio sanctæ et individuæ Trinitatis Elizabethse Reginæ juxta Dublin, libertatem et facultatem habeant, Gradus tam Baccalaureatûs, Magisterii, et Doctoratûs, juxta tenipus idoneum, in omnibus Artibus et Facultatibus obtinendi."

Here it is to be observed, 1. That the Queen, considering the great benefit to letters of Academic degrees, grants, immediately from Herself, without the mention of any subordinate authority, the privilege of obtaining degrees, to the students of the College, and to the students of the College only, including the Fellows, as appears from the next clause, which limits the