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 hairy annex'd to that crime by the fiatate) and that ke did drink King George's health in the rfince of the Pro&or; which being dm'd an aonr, he ask- and to  his rdon for it, offend make him  . . other honourable flusharon. But, as to all the other articles, he utterly denie himfell to be ilty of any of them, having many undeniable teimonie to viMicate his innocences whenever he ould have an opportunity rticularly, in anfwer to what is alled'd a him in the venth article [which relates to him fingly] Mr. Meadowcourt f61emnly declares, that he was fo fae from being n abetter and encourager of an ucho�- rices, as are menuon d to ru u nd down t ht h- . P g eet th drawn fwords m their hands, to the great terror of the tonfmen and chdars, fi that he was not even an eye-itu of them } and he cllallenges an of thole ma animous towfmeg or hotam wo were fn htend at the fight of there naked g. fwords, to fly that they fiw him ether as an courager or a Comnio f thole ocer$, in what- ev was done by them m the Rreet, whi, no doubt, they would have done, if they cod, after he had ut them into fuch badi& fear. In ths, and every oth rtcular (exct thole two before-mention'd) he cld undeniably have purged himlf om the guilt laid to big charge. But proving and drng are not academical ths of proceding--; the dull {brms of Hall being too tedious for the litergti to bfcrve. If you would be mquitted by them, you mult plead guilty, <d rubmir. pon the expiration o the to yea.�, Mr docort made application to the then Proaa, ]nve tofgpplicate for his grace, and procced to his (mailer o as) degree. The Prof,'s antwet wasi that he thought it reanable he ould have leavc i but tt he codd not grabt it him wigout Mr., G 6 it'

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