dreffed to the famous Dr. Bullock, * of Queen's, for whom he had a great Value.

In this Year a great Difpute arose Further Ac- between the Benedictines and Ciftertians, acount of the Univerfity of bout fome Philofophical Questions ventiOxford. lated in their Schools, which from Arguments ended in Blows, and the latter, being forely beaten, were glad to take Shelter within the Walls of their College. However, the Benedictines did not remain long in Poffeffion of their Victory, before they were profecuted in the Vice-chancellor's Court, and fined; Treatment which so provoked them, that, by the Perfuafion of Alderman Haines, fome time before Mayor, whofe House fome Scholars had fired, they refolved to kill the Proctors. Accordingly they met at Haines's Houfe in the City, and, when the Proctors were going their Rounds in the Night, they iffued out and fell upon them; but were defeated in their Defign, thro' the ftout Defence the Proctors made; and the Citizens, hearing the Swords clafh, got out of their Beds, run to their Affiftance, difperfed the Rioters, and then conducted the Proctors to a Place of Safety.

The next Morning three of them were apprehended with the Alderman, and imprisoned, as well for this as another Offence of the like Nature. The Alderman, according to the Sentence paffed against him, was banished the City, but, upon expreffing hearty Sorrow and Repentance, he was permitted to return. Notwithstanding, he grew into Contempt daily with

*This great Divine made and delivered the elegant Oration, we have exhibited in Vol. III. fol. 124. He was one of Erafmus's familiar Friends. In 1507 he was admitted a Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, Dr. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, being then Prefident. In 1520 he com

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menced Doctor in Divinity, and was chofen Vice chancellor in 1524-5. His Abilities were fo fuperlative, that he was fingled out on many Occafions for the publick Service; and, we think, his Oration fhews him to have been a Gentleman of very di ftinguished Parts,

his Neighbours, which caused him to leave Oxford, and foon after he died very poor.

The Cardinal's Care of Magdalen College.

After this Combustion a great Difturbance arofe in Magdalen College, about the Election of their Prefident, which being made known to the Cardinal, he fo far interpofed his good Offices, that he foon compromised their Differences, and appointed one to preside over them, who was fo acceptable to the whole Body, that they fent Wolfey a Letter full of Acknowledgments for the Favours he had done them, and, promifing to bury in Oblivion paft Grievances, concluded thus. "* We there

fore lay afide our hoftile Designs; we curfe the War! "we condemn Arms! Outrages have fo grieved

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us, that we now would prefer the most bitter Pu“nishment, sooner than to fall again into fuch a Pit. "However, fuch is the Weakness of Men, that "fometimes they will plunge into manifect Dangers: "The Ship-wrecked Sailor, having refitted his Ship,

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returns to Sea again; and, tho' overcome, often pro"vokes his victorious Enemy to Battle. But your "moft circumfpect Prudence has ordained fuch a "Man to prefide over us, that, from his known "Wifdom and Moderation, we hope for the future,

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as our hurried Minds are still full of the Thoughts "of this Madness, which make us tremble, "hereafter all Motives of difagreeing will be re"moved and brought to nothing. For, not to fum

up all the Qualities of his Mind and Body, "which we have experienced in this fhort Time he "has been with us, he neglects nothing that may "conduce to the establishing, confirming, and ren

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dering perpetual, this Unity and Peace among us, "which was lately begun under your aufpicious In"fluence. He treats all equally with wonderful Po"litenefs and Humanity, and ftudies to attach them (6 to

*See Concil. Mag, Britan. & Hib. T. 3, f. 655.

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"to himself, for no other Reafon, as plainly ap "pears, than that, when we are firmly wedded to "him, he may be linked to all, as the Head to "the Members in one and the fame Body, by an "indiffolvable Tie. Let your infinite Goodness con"tinue to procure for us fuch Men; let it continue, by doing Good, to outdo itself; and let it continue incredibly to deferve the Applaufes of Virtue and Learning, as if there never had been any before now, but had received their Beginning from you. "God grant your Majesty a long and profperous "Life."

Although the Fomenters of the Tumults, we have last mentioned, were treated by the University with the utmoft Lenity, fome turbulent Spirits, among the Citizens of Oxford, attempted again to disturb its Repofe, on a Suppofition that the Charter, procured by Wolfey, was become obfolete, which they did as before by firft affaulting the Scholars in the publick Streets, wherein one was killed after a ftout Refiftance. Upon this and other Troubles that enfued, the University fent a fpecial Meffenger to lay before the Cardinal, their conftant and generous Patron, the State of the Cafe. Upon this, the Charter we fpoke of in our IIId Vol. p. 147, was ordered more ftrictly to be put in Execution, which had a good Effect, a brief Extract of which we have here introduced.*

Henry the VIIIth, at the Sollicitation of Thomas Wolfey, Arch-bishop of York, has granted, &c. to the Chancellor and Scholars of the Univerfity of Oxford, &c.

THAT the Chancellor, Commiflary, and his Deputy be

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Maintainers and Juftices of the Peace within the faid City, Suburbs, and the four next Hundreds.That they be Juftices of the Peace, by Privilege, in the Counties of Oxford and Berkshire. That they have the fame Power as any other Juftices in the Kingdom of England, ex

except

The University of Oxford at this Time wrote a moft pompous Letter (now to be seen in Concil. Mag. Brit. & Hib. T. 3, f. 709) to Cardinal Wolfey, extolling his

Which fignifies any Corporeal Hurt, whereby a Man lofeth the Benefit of any Member, that might be of Ufe to him in Battle.

Merit and Magnificence, Part of which is as follows:

"And this ONE THING, fays the University to "Wolfey, which we have at prefent undertaken to