maye say PLACET and NON PLACET at their pleasure, whatsoever all the residue shall privately saye in their eares. Besides this all locall statutes in most of the Colledges in their elections, requyre open scrutinies whear twoe or three stand in the heade to receive the voice of every particular man. No man that meaneth well would fynde faulte with this good and indifferent ordre.

6. Honest learned and quyet men be as much esteemed as ever theie were. Contentiouse, disorderly, and disobedient persons be not so much discouraged and kept under as theie should be, yf anie estimation be taken from divers of the regentes and non regentes it is because their gravities and behaviour is not as yt ought to be, nor as heretofore it hath been seen in others. As for obnoctiousnesse unto the Heades it was never farther to seke, and their contemninge of their superiors maketh them likewise to be dyspised of their inferiors. To conclude there hath been no tyme in our memory, wherein the Mrs of Colledges could do less with their company than theie can do at this tyme, and therefor this article is against themselves. Lett them shewe their particular injuries.

DE CAPITE IN QUAVIS CONGREGATIONE ETC.

1. The nomination of the Heade to the regentes and non regentes was wounte to be in the Vicech. or the proctors only and in every congregation theie made the heade of suche persons as yt pleased them, and as might best serve for their purpose and private commoditie, nowe the nomynation of the heade is in the Mrs of the Colledges, all the Drs, scrutators and proctors. The Vicech. first namynge five, the senior proctor five, and the junior proctor other five, so that theie name of every facultie three, owte of the which fifteen so named by the Vicech. and proctors, the heades of the Colledges the Drs and the scrutators do electe five, which be in the heade the whole yere with the Vicech., for the admission of all graces and grauntes before theie be propounded to the regentes and non regentes of the which five one to be a Dr in divinitie one a Dr of lawe and one a Dr in phisicke, one non regent and another regent, and this was done to advoyde the corruption as well of the Vicech. as also of the proctors, whoe

were wounte to nomynate such a heade, as might best serve for their humor and commoditie. Let them shewe anie worthie man stopped of his degree by anie Mr of a Colledge sithence this statute, yf there hath been any such staied it hath been either by the regentes or non regentes. It is a most untrue and enviouse surmyse that Dr Perne, Dr Baker, and Dr Porye should be the occasion of this statute for that the younge men would not admytt them to be in the heade, for twoe of them Dr Pory and Dr Baker were gone from Cambridge longe before these statutes were thought on. The rest of this article is very untrewe: but it was a common practise of the proctors when they had the nomynation of the heade.

2. The first parte of this article is utterly untrewe and slaunderouse the last parte, ELIGENTUR etc. is most convenyent and necessarie in divers respects to stay contention, to have mete men and to restrayne the synistre affection of the proctors.

3. It is moste reasonable and moste indifferent the latter parte etc. THE ENDE IS ETC. fallslie surmysed.

4. 5. 6. For that the staie and quyetnesse of the whole universitie standith in the sentence of the Vicechauncellor which was wounte by fruvilouse appellations and not prosecuted to be greatly contemned, It is therefore nowe provided that men shall not appeale but of just cause, so that he which appealith is bounde in xxs to prosecute his appealation, to be employed to thuse of the university, the which if he shall prosecute he receiveth it agayne ymediatlie, and then those that be chosen for the heade for the whole yere do joyne with the proctors in nomynatinge of the delegates the which be afterwards allowed by the regentes and non regentes, whereas some proctors alone in tymes past would nomynate such delegates of stomacke as would overthrowe a good sentence of the Vicechauncellor rather to do the Vicechauncellor a displeasure if he had offended him anie tyme the yere before, than to preferr justice. The proctors did usurpe this authoritie to nomynate the deligates after appellations for theie had no statute to mainteine their doings therein and therefore this statute was thus made of verie good and necessarie considerations.

THE HEADES IN PRIVATE HOUSES HAVE AN ABSOLUTE NEGATIVE VOICE IN ALL THINGES BOTH AT HOME AND ABRODE PRIVAT AND PUBLIQUE.

1. It is verie well and necessarilie provided by the founders of statutes in everie Colledge saving in one or two and also by the lawes of this realme as it appeareth Anno 33° Henr. 8, Cap. 27. the Mr of the Colledge who is called CUSTOS COLLEGHI should have a negative voice IN OMNIBUS ELECTIONIBUS, LOCATIONIBUS, ET CONCESSIONIBUS for there is not so much perill in stayinge of thinges as in graunting which cannot be done without the moste parte of the fellowes or the most parte of the Seniors, yf there be anie Mrs that be tyrauntes let them complaine of them by name but if theie can name none suche then we truste theie shall receive justice for there slaunderouse speache. There is more likelihode nowe adayes that these insolent fellowes the which without anie sufficient cause or grief dare now come upp and compleine of their Mrs and call them insolent tyrauntes that theie contemne their Mrs to whome theie are sworne to reverence and obeie, then their Mrs are to be accused for contemning them. These fellowes are so farre from flatteringe their Mrs that they forget good manners and dutifull obedience.

2. The Mr of Christ Colledge is able to answer for himself. 3. We desire that they may have liberties to disclose, although this offence is not committed by using the negative voice, but in not usinge the same if anie such be which we know not and if they cann declare none trulie and justlie we desire your graces and good L. that theie may have just rewarde for slaunderers.

4. Yf it be IN ELECTIONIBUS ET LOCATIONIBUS, this is trewe and necessarie, in other matters let them shewe particulers or els we desire as before.

5. Yf the Mrs of anie Colledge deserveth expulsion theie have visitors to resorte unto, agaynst whose aucthoritie there is nothing provided in these late statutes, we knowe neither Papistical Mr remaininge in Cambridge at this day nor spoilers of Colledges.

6. It is no more prejudiciall then in was heretofore touching

the Proctors: but a mayntenance of auncient Composition which was made with great indifference of all Colledges and for a general quyetnesse etc. therefore it was thought good that the Taxors should be chosen yerely by a like composition for thadvoidinge of contention and ambition which was intollerablie practised for thobteyninge of that office which is nowe cleane cutt of neither are theie put upp without the consente of the most parte of the fellowes or seniors, accordinge to the statutes of everie severall colledge.

7. Yf anie man have anie injurie let him complaine. There is none other authoritie in this poynt given unto Mrs but such as they hadd before.

8. Let them shewe their abuses. Whie should theie now be more careless than theie were heretofore. We knowe none ready to departe for anie such cause.

JUDICANDI POTESTAS.

1. Before if he were never so sufficient yet ennymitie might put him by as it hath done some, now theie be put to their triall nether doth this statute take awaie anie man's othe towchinge this election.

2. By this statute is given further priveledge and authoritie to except against anie that shall be put upp and thought unworthie from the first day of August until the first day of October to prove his exception.

3. The Drs and proctors have no restraunte of their former interest and aucthoritie in this case. Against the orator of the university there is no statute made but that he may be present at anie grave consultations of thuniversity, but we do not doubt but that Mr Vicech. hadd good occasion to be aungrie with Mr BEACON whoe disobedientlie and contemptuouslie refused to shewe him the register of the lettres of the universitie nowe last sendinge upp of letters to my L. Keeper, my L. of Lycester and my L. Burlye which regester booke ought to remaine in the custody of the Vicech.

4. It is very requisite and necessarie that the Vicech. and others of the universitie should have thaucthoritie of a Justice of

peace to committ seditiouse and rebelliouse persons and breakers of the peace unto warde without anie refuge or protections of appellations or els malefactors would trust by their appellations to procure them some other freends as would maynteine ther iniquity and deliver them from thandes of Justice to the defacinge of the Magistrate and the trouble of all that be godlie.

AUCTORITAS INTERPRETANDI VETERA STATUTA ACADEMIE

1. Remaineth in force as it did before: but it hath pleased the Prince to give auctoritie to the Chauncellor and to the more parte of the Mrs of the Colledges to interpret her highnesse statutes for that by ther wisdome and experience theie are thought more hable to do the same then the yonger sorte whoe hath commonlie greater will then good judgement in suche thinges.

2. The presidentes of Colledges are not permitted to have the Mrs aucthoritie in the waightiest affaires of the university for that the most part of the Colledges have no certeine presidentes appointed and divers tymes the younger fellows being wilfullie disposed and some of them Bachelours of Artes hath been sente to such consultations to supplie the roome of a president. And as touchinge thauthoritie of the presidentes within anie severall colledge there is no newe statute or interpretation to debarr or destraine the same. And we knowe no inconvenience that hath or maie come by the same, but rather much good both to the universitie and also to the Colledges. We do not knowe anie Mr beinge a mynister when he is at home whose dutie in exhortation is supplied by his president.

3. The interpretations made for the varyinge to be understand of the Mr and not of the Bachelours, is accordinge to tholde practise of the universitie, and it maketh for the better and more exercise of disputations the which is not against the minde of the statutes but to have two bachelours to answer at one disputation is to bring two disputations to one and the want of answeres of the bachelours may be verie well supplied by thincrease of more disputations uppon the Fridaies and Satterdaies, the which is not forbidden by anie statute but hath been divers tymes heretofore accustomed in the like cases.