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 i P 'E N .D .I X; heard in his oon defence, before �o terrible a charge, as that of endenvourinl to rubweft the difcitgine of tke whole Lroiverj[ty: was brought againft him ? nay, indeed, ought any man, however mean and.incofi- &tab!e, to be treated in this manner? You fay that .you applied to the Provot}.of Oriel thiJ matteri and what anfwer did the Pro,o give you? Did he not tell you, as I have before let f6rth, }hat it voas not &he by his D�,ua',?o, but by.the Oentleman's own author'ity, as inior fellow. And if he Bid �o, what end ould'you think to �erve, by infiit- ing �o long upon this head ? why enould you for fo many pages together, fpin out }'our .reproaches upon that',0rthy m'-agifirate, for confirming and ap- proving-the almiff'on o{ Mr. $eamal, for.lending hi attorty, ex pofi fc?o, and forgiving'valldity to unlau,,ful a&s, with a great deal to the fame put- pole, after you had .been told, fram his own mouth, that it vas not done by his Deputation, and could not but hear, after all tliofe examinations which �eem to have made, that it ,s not in hi: power to reverfe it ? However you may therefore at Fe]}nt to defpife Mr. Bon, les, on account ot  your age, your finriding, more exalted talents, or { fuperior fiation in the univerfity, (which, however a roodeft man would' not do) yet does it, Sir, become you to throw your dirt and foul language, in fo plentiful a man- ner upon One who is fo'mueh/'u?erior to you in age, as well as .in fiation, and at leait your equal in learning, probity., and religioni one who has lived j many years, in the urnvestry, wih an uOotted ehara&er in eery refpe6t, till it was now firttof all impeached by you? Letme conjure you, therefore, by all thatis and honourable, to * dechre hat motive ould reduce . Vit. Your �xdtulations, . 4.

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