'84. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. XI. K. Charles I. « Hour is, that at the humble requeft of the univerfity you would rtr6iv « put in action with all fpeed, what may be molt prevalent with the " parliament for the peace and fecurity of this place, and for the flay- 00 ing of our fludents, a great part of whom (fuch flout and hardy men " they are) upon alarms and frights, fuels as have been hourly here of late, are fled away from us home to their mothers. The difciples " when in danger of drowning, clamoured our Saviour, mailer, card thou not that we perifh.! But I am bold to affume for your honour, " and to allure all of this univerfity under your happy government, that you will not fuller us to perith; and that you will at this time give us " a clear and real evidence of it, having this reprefentation of the peril '" we are now in, made to your honoùrby me, Sept. 12th. i 6q.2. .Tour Iordjhip's humble fervant, Provoft, vice-chancellor of Oxford. This letter being fent two months after the univerfity had conveyed their plate and money to the king; after they had refuted to fend up Inch principal managers of that affair as the parliament had demanded ; after they had taken up arms, and received a regiment of his majefly's forces into garrifon; the earl of Pembroke only rçturned the following an- gry anfwer. Sir, chancel- g` T F you had defired my advice and afliflance in time, I lhould wil- lingly anfwer. " j have contributed my belt endeavours for your fafety and pro- " tection, but your own unadvifed counfels and actions have reduced you to the ftraits you are now in ; and in difcretion you might have fore- " feen, that the admitting cavaliers, and taking up arms, could not but :, make the univerfity a notorious mark of oppofition againft the parlia- " ment, and therefore to be oppofed by it. If you had contained your- " Pelves within the decent modelt bounds of an univerfity, you might juftly have challenged me, if I had not performed the duty of a chan- cellor. The bell counfel I now can give you is, that you prefently ° difmifs the cavaliers, and yield up to the parliament fuch delinquents " as are among you ; then the caufe being taken away the effect will `" follow. When you have put yourfelves into the right pofture of an univerfity, I will be a faithful fervant to you, and ready to do you all " the
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