Terrx. Filius. xxx. -its inilitution, the unblameablenefi of-its condu&, and the realohs of its dedenfion i fo that at prefent I will content my fell wi?h premifing in general, that-this locicry took its rife f}om the iniquity of' ?e times, and was intended to promote and culti- vate friendfhip between all fuch perfons as favoured our prefent happy conltimtion: they thought them- felves obliged openly and publickly to avow their 1o alt, and manifeit their fineere affe&?n to King Y Y . Gzo?to� upon all proper and becoming occafions, ? to check, as much as in them lay, the vail tor- rent of tr?_.Con and clifffie&ion which overflowed the univerfity. They thought it their duty to Lull poffible marks of refl?& to thole faithful .cvts, who were feafonably ?nt to that place, by the fi?our of the ?,_vovemment, to prote& the quiet Fart of the King s e?s, and to �uppre? the tu- multuary pra?ices the ?rofeti'd enemies to his
- h?Iajeft�'s perfort and government; and for conltant-
!y adhering to what they thought their duty in there points; and for no other cau?, that they can apprehend, they have been fo unfortunate as to be- come obnoxious to the univerfity, and to feel, ma- ?y of them, the iivere effe&s of their rffentments. This fnort account of the Confiitutio? Club fuffident for our prefent purpo?, to which I now t, ?eeed. On the ?9th of May ?7?6. in the evening, the Cmflitution CIub, and feveral officers in colonelHan- ?d/de', regiment, met together at a tavern. Whilf[ t?'y ?er? drinking the King's and other loyal healths, �everal �quibs .were_thrown iii at the win- ?ow, which burnt rome of thetr doaths, and the room with fire and froink, Betides this, they v?re continually infulted with loud peals of hiffe? ?nd conchmations of d0?vn voith the Roundheads, from the gownmen, and ?ther diforderly l?eople in the /treet i of which they took no notice. They
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