The HISTORY of the PURITANS.' Chap. IX. "Vhen thefe refolutions were fent to Oxford, the proper officers refufed K. Charles r. to publifh them, and when they were pafte upon the walls of the~ colleges, they were torn dow11, and trampled under foot; upon which 'Their jluh– the Pro~vice- cbmzcellor, and the two proCtors were ordered into cufiody; bo;n bcha– but they abfconded, and Dr. Oliver a!lim1ed the office of pro-vice-chan- vzour. cellar. The parliament provoked with this ufage, paired an ordinance Whit!ock, Jan. 22. 1647-8. conftituting the earl of Pembroke chancellor of Or.- P· 290. ford, and March 8. they ordered him to repair thither in perfon, to fupport the vifitors, and place the feveral perfons whom the committee had chofen, in the refpeCl:ive chairs of thofe they had ejeCted. April 1 r. the chancellor made his public entrance into the city, a:t- E. o[Pem– tended with a great number of clergy, and gentlemen of the country, and br1 o, ke chijiand . f h . cc or vz tls about one hundred horfe out of Oxfor ltlel ; t e mayor welcomed htm in perfon. at his entrance into the city with a cong.-atulatory fpeech; and when he came to his lodgings, Mr. ButtoiZ one of the new proCtors, made a fpeech to him in Iatin, but not one of the heads if colleges came near him; the injignia of the univerfity were not to be found, and the fcholars treated the chancellor and his retinue with all that rudenefs, they had been taught to exprefs towards all who adhered to the parliament. Next morning the earl, a~tended with a guard of foldiers, went to His prmtd~ Chrift-church, and having in vain defired Mrs. Feil the dean's wife, to s"gff Cl quit the lodgings peaceably, he commanded the foldiers to break open p~ 1 j 3 . er, the doors, and carry her out in a chair into the middle of the qua- · drangle; he then pnt the new-eleCted dean Mr. Reynolds, afterwards bilhop of Norwich, into poffeffion; from thence his lordfhip, with the vifitors, went to the hall, and having got the buttery-book, firuck out Dr. Feli's name, and inferted that of Mr. Reynolds; the like they did by ·Dr. Hammond, fub-d ea n, and public orator; by Dr. Gardner, Dr. Rayne, Dr. lies, and Dr. Morley, placing in their ftead Mr. Corbet, who wa:s made public orator; Mr. Rogers, Mr. Mills, Mr. Cornijh, Mr. Henry Wilkinfon, fen. and Mr. Langley; Dr. Sanderflm being fpared, becaufe he was out of town when the lafl: fummons was ilfued. In the afternoon they held a convocation, which was opened with an Rufiwt. (J; elegant Iat-in oration, pronounced by Mr. Corbet their new orator. When xo64. the cbancel!or had taken the chair in the convocation-houfe, he declared Mr. Reynolds vice-chancellor, to whom an oath was adminiftered that he would obferve the fl:atutes and privileges of the univerfity, fubjeet to the authority ofparliamen t. Mr Button and Mr. Crofs were declared Suff. Cler. proCtors, and all thn~e returned their thanks to the chancellor in Iatin P· 133, I3f. fpeeches. On this occafion degree!S were conferred upon divers learned men. Mr. Chambers, Mr. Ca/licott, a-nd Mr. Harris, were made doctors of divinity; Mr. Palmer -d0Ctot: of pbyfic; l\1r. ']; Wilkins, [after'- R r 2 wards
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