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RADCLIFFE. 151 sion is to be removed thither, and whilst other proper ceremonies are performing. " III. That from thence, all the company do attend the body by Brazen-Nose, Lincoln, Exeter, and Jesus Colleges, to North-Gate, and so by Carfax to St. Mary's Clmrch ; where, all persons being seated in their proper places, and the burial service being begun by Mr. Vice-Chancellor, after the lesson, a funeral anthem is to be sung by the choir ; and when that is ended, and the corpse brought to the grave, the orator is to make an- other short speech, after which, the remaining part of the burial office being performed, every one is quietly to depart home. " IV. That a Convocation be held, in which the benefactions of Dr. RadclifFe being first declared, a proposal shall be made to the house for a decree to enrol the Doctor's name in the registry of the public benefactors of the University, for conferring honorary degrees, and for giving all other possible testimonies of our grateful regard to the testimony of the deceased. " V. All Bachelors of Arts and Under-gra- duates are hereby strictly commanded to behave themselves in a manner suitable to so solemn an occasion. And all persons whatsoever are en- joined, upon the severest penalties, not to tear off the escutcheons, or to make any disturbance in the Church, the Divinity School, or in any part of the procession. And all Magistrates are to take care that no disorder may happen through the whole course of the solemnity, or, at least, that no offender may go unpunished. " Bern. Gardiner, Vice-Chancellor.