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 .gz erre. Fdl. N o The Orkl men, a it happen'd, had forefiht enough to bar up their gates before the apl>roach%f the mob: butthis would not long have�e'ur'd them 'from being forced ope n, if one of the gentilemen o.f � college had not fir!d upon the mob from window, and wormtied a gownfman of Brazen-iVoj. 'The mob, under the terror of this dangerous and  refitartec, retreated l'rom oriel, and con. tented themfelves for the reit of the night with breaking of windows ranfacldng the houtes of dif. featers pulling down, and letting fire to their meet. iho, and doing the molt extravagant mil- l that foingenious and learned amob could con- con.re. The next day the Vice-cMncellor and Heads of bottles were afmbled in Golgotha, to conrider ot = ways and means for difcovering the authors of the tumults, and for bringing them to condign guni merit. Without much debate it was unanimoufly refolved, that certain turbulent fcholars, called by the name of the ditution-dub, were the caufe of all the mifchiefs dillurbances that had happen'd: for, as the honeit vice-chancellor mo/[ wifely rea. fort'd, if the nflit#tio-dub had not been at the ta- emthe twenty eighth of May, the mob would not have ro�e to have broke the Windows, and to do, thole things that were done  therefore (continued thi worthy magiRrate) the confiitutien.�ltJ is �werable for all ihat has been done. This condufion being allow'd to be a :If:�vident  the members of the confiitutim-elu6 were fmtfi, and examined upon oath by the vice-chan- cellor. Betide, the members of the club, fiveral tiemen, who were not members of it, appear'd voluntarily before the 'vt.te-ebancelkr,/and depos d -that they happen'd to be m the 1treet when the mob affwalted-the-ronfiitution-du$i that the .gentlemen of the dub gave no manito' of Foyocauoa to the mob

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