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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.

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