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order'd in liquor, he shall, besides the other pe nalties, be admonish'd by the V, Chan. which Admonition shall be entred in a book kept for that purpose; & after three admonitions be expelled.

That if any number of Scholars, under pretence of being of the same year, School, or County, or otherwise, shall be found assembling together at any publick house, they shall, upon conviction thereof, beside the former penalty of 3.4. be suspended from taking any Degree 'til one whole year after the usuall time of taking the

same.

That if any member of the University, of what Degree soever, shall by any pretended power or authority offerr to protect any Scholars from the inspection or correction of the Proctor in any publick house; or if he himself, at the instance of the Proctor, or his repeated admonition, shall not civilly depart, he shall be looked upon as a contemner of discipline, & contumacious, & be proceeded against accordingly.

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LITERÆ REGIÆ.

Jul. 23°.
1604.

1. JAMES by the Grace of God King of England,
&c. to our Chancellor & V. Chancellor of our
University of Camb. in the town of Camb. & to
all & singular our Justices of peace, Mayors,
Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Constables, Jaylors, & to all
others, our ministers & officers within the said
University & town of Cambridge, & county afore-
said, Greeting.

For the better maintenance, safety, & quiet of
that our said University, & all & every the stu-
deuts there: & to remove, take away, & prevent
all occasions that may tend either to the infecting
of their bodies or minds, or to the withdrawing
or alienating the younger sort from the courses
of their studies there intended: We do by these
presents authorise, will, & command you our
said Chancellor & V. Chan. of our said Univer-
sity, & either of you, & your successours; & the
deputy or deputies of you & your successors, that
you do from time to time for ever hereafter, by
vertue hereof, wholly & altogether restrain, in-
hibit, & forbid, as well all & all manner of un-

To prohibit idle games & plays.

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profitable & idle games, plays & exercises, to be used or made within our said University & the town there, & within 5 miles compass of & from the said University & town; especially Bullbaitings, Bear-baitings, common plays, publick shews, interludes, comedies, & tragidies in the English tongue, games at Loggetts, & nineholes, & all other sports & games, whereby throngs, concourse, & multitudes are drawn together; & whereby the younger sort are or may be drawn or provoked to vain expence, loss of time, or corruption of manners: As also all & all manner of persons, that shall goe about to publish, act, or sett out, or make any such unprofitable or idle games, publick plays, or exercises, within the said University or town, or within 5 miles compass of or from our said University or town (any indulgence, privilege, liberty, or authority, by us granted or to be granted to any our officers or servants, or any other person or persons whomsoever to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding). Provided, that it is not our will, pleasure, & meaning hereby to abridge the Students of their accustomed exercises in any kind whatsoever within their severall Colleges. And if any person or persons, under colour, pretence, or vertue of any licence or authority by us or any other whomsoever graunted or to be graunted, or by any other means, colour, or pretence, shall resist or refuse peaceably to obey your commands herein, then our will & pleasure is, & we do hereby authorise you, our said Chancellor & V. Chan, of our said University, & either of you, & your successors, & deputy or deputys of you & either of you & your successors from

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time to time, to apprehend all & every such of-
fendors, & them to committ to prison, either in
the castle of Cambridge, or any other goale with-
in the town of Cambridge, there to remain with-
out bail or mainprise, untill they shall willingly
submitt themselves to your said commands; &
abide such further order therein as to you in your
discretion shall be thought meet. Willing & by
these presents commanding all you our said Jus-
tices of Peace, Mayors, Sherriffs, Bailiffs, Cou-
stables, & Jaylors, & all other our said Ministers
& Officers, that upon intimation & shew of this
our will & command herein, you, & every of
you, being required thereto, shall be aiding &
assisting to our said Chancellor & V. Chan. of
our said University & their Successors, & their,
or either of their deputy or deputys, from time to
time in the due execution of the premises, ac-
cording to the purport & true intent thereof, as
you will answer the contrary at your perill.

Given under our signett, at our palace of.
Westminster, the 23a day of July, in the 2a
year of our reign of England, France, &
Ireland, & of Scotland the 37th.

Feb. 26°.

1616.

bridge be not

made a city.

2. Jacobus Dei Gratia magnæ Britanniæ, Fran- That Cam
ciæ et Hiberniæ Rex, Fidei defensor, &c. Acade-
miæ Cautab. communi salutem. Si jus civitatis
impetret a nobis Cantabrigia, veremini, ne, æmu-
læ urbis potentiâ crescente, minuatur Academiæ
securitas. Sat erat apud nos metus vestri indici-
um fecisse.

Nec enim tam vobis convenit Aca

demiæ periculum deprecari, quam nobis sponte
nostrâ, quicquid in speciem illi noxium sit, aver-

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tere. Glorietur urbs illa se a majoribus nostris olim electam doctrinarum sedem, ingeniorum officinam, sapientiæ palæstram: quicquid his titulis addi potest, minus est non: honestatur plebeiâ civitatis appellatione Musarum domicilium: vel sane literatorum dicatur civitas; vel quod in Villæ nomine vile est, incolarum tegatur celebritate. Hæc ejus sint privilegia; Academiæ dignitatem comitèr observare, cujus frequentia facta est seipsâ major; affluentes bonarum artium studiosos amicè accipere, quorum concursu ditata est; literarum deniq. honori ancillari, unde hæc illi nata est felicitas. Hæ artes, quibus crevit, tenendæ ; non aucupanda titulorum novitas incerti eventus. Facessat popularis vocabuli fastus, unde certa oriatur æmulationis necessitas, quæ eo turpior urbi est futura, quo majori erga Academiam est obstricta reverentia. Nolumus sacrum illud Musarum asylum minaci Prætoris ense temerari; nec strepere tetrica edicta, ubi septem-geminus vestri Chori auditur concentus: Satis est in veteri purpurâ invidiæ; nova pompa tam illi futura est supervacua, quam vobis suspecta. In nostrâ solius tutelâ est post Deum Opt. Max. alma scientiarum mater; nostro fovebitur sceptro; indefessa ejus fæcunditas nonabortiet ad Prætorii gladii terriculum; nullum honoris titulum Cantabrigiæ indulgemus, qui cum Academiæ solicitudine conjunctus sit. Valete.

Dat. é palatio nostro Westmonasterii quarto Calendas Martias, A. D. 1616.