3TO ·ne HISTORY of the PuRITANs. VoL. If, K. Charles I. nerly provocations to gentlemen, who were difpofed to behave towards 1 647· them with all gentlenefs and moderation. ~ The vifit~rs being informed. rhat an ir:furreCl:ion w~s deiigned among fiarch tbe the fcholars m favour of the kmg, and m concert with the loyali!ts in ' colleges for other parts of the kingdom, acquainted the commanding officers of the arms, garrifon, who gave immediate orders to fearch the colleges for arms. and on the 26th of May I 648. the vifitors ordered all the mem~ bers of the univerfity to deliver a peremptory anfwer in writing within feven days, Whether they would {itbmit to the authority if the parliament in this vijitation or 110? And. that none (hould depart the ~niverfity without leave from the pro-vtce-chancellor. The day followmg both houfes of parliament paifed an order, "that for as much as many doctors " and other members of the univerfity, notwithfranding the exampl~ '" that had been made of fome of them, did fiill perfifr in their con– " tempt of the authority of parliament, which might be of dangerous " confequcnce; therefore the committee for reforming the univerfity " {hould have power to fend for them under the cufrody of a guard, ·Suff. Clcr. " and commit them to prifon." When this order came to O:xjord, the .p. 137. vifitors declared, that whofoever {hould not plainly, and without referve, declare his fubmiffion to the vifitation, fhould be deemed as fl atly de– nying its authority, and be taken into cufiody; and that whofoever laid claim to any place in the univerfity, {hould within fifteen days declare his 'Scholars e~- fubmiffion, or be deprived; accordingly at the expiration of the time, pelled, fuch as did not appear were deprived of their fellowfhips, and expelled the univerfity: But frill the fcholars would not remove, being too il:ubborn to be eviCted by votes at London, or papers and programma's at Oxford. The vifitors therefore, after having waited above fix months, were obliged to proceed to the Jail extremity; and July 5, I 649. ordered a ferjeant, attended with feme files of mufquetiers, to publi{h by beat of drum be- , fore the gates of the feveral colleges, that " if any of thofe who had " been expelled by the vifitors, fhould prefume to continue any longer " in the univerfity, they thould be taken into cuflody, and be made pri– " foners by the governor," This not anfwering the propofed end, the Qpejord hiflorian adds, that four days after they publiibed a further order by beat of drum before the gate of every college, '' that if any one who " had been expelled, did prefume to tarry in the town, or was taken « within five miles of it, he fhould be deemed as a fpy, and puniihed " with death." And to enforce this order, general FairjtJx who was then in the field, gave public notice, that he would proceed accordingly with fuch as did not depart in four days, unlefs they obtained leave from the vice-chancellor and vifitors to continue longer. At length their cou– rage cooled, and the young gentlemen were .prevailed on to retir.e. Thus the
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