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 gootl ftatutes, the young men are not the grate' 0finfiers herein. he laa (n) Iatute I all mention, and he bea of the whole cargoe, is that again prohi- bid Gzs part of which I beg lve to quote in the very words. It gins in this dable manner: Statutum eft, uod thdars, cujufcun ue confii ttons, abfiineant ab omnt lufm gentre, ccunia concertatur, veluti a lufu talorum, & chartarum piarum, net nn a lufu globorum tn privatis oppid,,o,.um areia, hortifqu ; nec hqf. madi pablictx tucibm, per aatuta regni prohibith, terrier. In Englithus: It i decreed that a fchotars, of whtfoever con- - &ion, 3nil abfiai from  )rta of Game,, hich � are ?laf d)r Money, as Dic, and Cards b'om Bowls in the private bowling-greens or gardens 3 a town men5 nor a the be ?refint at any uch game, a are prohb:td by th lsws of the land. Such a atute as thi ews the winore. of authors, jult concluded, thae the' tol&radon of Gaming world be of the uto ill eonrequence ' in a fimin/of lrning; tha t woufi.mcourage the yaung en not only to mifpeM the time, and: neele& the:r udies, but to fquander away their m0ney, and penps in themfelves migh(tho' fuch a thing is very likely) intice Come 0f the old ones to embezzle the publick money of the univfity, which is intrufed in their hands,. to ,gratify this defru&ive appetite. To fay that co.l:ience, or honour, or common honefly would reftrain them, is nonfenCe; .nothing can reftrain a thorough.bred Gametier; all ties and obligations give way to this agreeable itch of the elbo:. F , Thi () Tit. XV. $&. 7'

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