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 s �r,e-F)l$ts. As �oarfe as the a?plicafion may em, I do not uefion to rove it a rery ju one5 na, I will q P .. . Y. . prove that oxford out-does B,,'lingfgate m thxs point, thou h their ovon ?aifes are fo ?rodi iousi for the g . g y will not clc to tell us fine bombaf flories of their unanimity and brotherlYthlOVe upon the very �pot, anc! at the very time � ar e kicking and cuffing before our eyes.--Such is the toodeity of matricu- lated goryomen. There academical oy]ter4vomen world fain r�uacle us, that they live n a ftriec union that they are- the belt ancl earleft of' his rnajelty's .fubjecOcs that they never ditturb their country, nor mterru?t their own 1tudies with unchriltian jealoufies, or perfonal altercations i that they are all of the time opinion in religion, gov.ernment, and ?hilofophy.; and that, in /hort, there is fo entire an harmony amongIt. them that were the Roman tyrant now alive, he mght in �ome meafure cornpleat his cruel wifl, and dltroy the whole community at one blow. Whereas, whoever reads Wood's.antiquities, (who'. was partial enough in confcience on their fide) or any .other hillory of Oxford, will find them almolt continually e. ngaged in faions, tumults, riots, and law-fuits, ether amongtt themlIves, or with the- townlinen, or titangers, who came to/&tie there: nay, he will find,that they �ometimes came to pitch'd battles, and kill'cl great numbers on both fides, in defiance of their ttatutes, and frequent admonitions', from their forereigns to the contrary; as well as of' chrittianity, and .t. ne precepts of our holy religion. It would be ri&culous for me to croud �uch a pa-. per as this with tedious quotations at large to prov � every thing: I fay i my defign being to reduce the .Oxvoun hiltory to a i'mall compaq, and to make it intelligible to the commonef readers t for which tea;on I all mention only the general heads, ancl.' appeal for the truth of particulan to thole many vo

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