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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,

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