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 their molt �olemn fpeeehes before the eon,oeation fall. foul and heavy on the eonfiitutio-elub. One of the I'rotor, in particular, had the toodrily and good mannes to tell the convocation, that the �onitutiners wera c, !-Iomuntion ntuiff'trn$, diis hominibu:lu in. j," i.e. m 0 =il, vre}ehes, veho ore bated _$y and min./it the fame time that this creature had the impudence to Fr'ate thus it was known to the whole univerfity that a Marqui,, feveral noblemens fon., tv.,o or three Baronets, betides a great numaocr derbymen, .and others of the belt rank and quality, raze members of the tonflitution-club. But all the bale and fcandalous methods, that hag been 'praa'is'd by the univerfity againll the �onflitu- tiners, were not able to difcouraae tholhgcntlemen from adhering to their duty, andnanifelt'ig a pro- per zeal for the honour and interell of his majeay en every occafion: theyttill continued their weekly meetingi and inllead of being weaken by op?oF/- tion, they grew flronger by it and increared the more in number. And as their numbers increared, fo did the malice nd re/hntments of their enemies, whole thoughts were wholly bent upon revenge, and upon c6ntriving methods to extripate the dub, At length it was hop'el that the happy time was rome, when the ronfiirution.!ub fhould be no more: for one * * * of Chrijq. Ohtrrh, a tool that �orm'd by nature for vile an:l vilinous ?urpofes: i."ing advanced to the. ractorfl;p, publrickly dedar'd, that no �onflitutioner {houtd take a Degre vhilf he vzas in lower. This corrupt and infamous rangif- t.rate had formerly been under cure for lunacy. and was now very far rehps'rl into the time diflemper Fle was naturally the molt proud anti infolent rant to his $etters, who werebelow' him in the un. vcrfity i but thole above him the molt mean ant creeping fta:c: he was peevifl, lyaffionate, and re .vendeft

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